Through the SynergiQc program, CQDM aims to promote industrial-scale biopharmaceutical research conducted in collaboration with public research centres, which will bring positive economic benefits to Quebec. SynergiQc enables a broad and varied network of businesses that work in life sciences (pharmaceutical businesses, biotechnology companies, contract research organizations, etc.) to participate, as a group or exclusively, to undertake R&D projects that meet their specific needs.
This biopharmaceutical research program, with an industrial scope, is specifically designed to:
- strengthen business technological innovation capability in Quebec through public research;
- increase the number of research collaborations and partnerships between universities, hospitals, schools, public laboratories, and businesses working within the life sciences ecosystem in Quebec;
- enable technological maturation and industrial value creation to bring about economic benefits for project stakeholders and for Quebec;
- contribute to the development of knowledge, know-how, and new technologies developed in public institutions, as well as their transfer to industry.