Portage & District Business Review 2023

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ioscience Association Manitoba is a non-profit organization supporting over 120 companies across the province, ranging from agricultural biotechnology to health biotechnology to cleantech biotechnology. We support our members to connect with key stakeholders and government officials by encouraging innovative partnerships. These collaborations start locally and often expand globally.

THE BIOSCIENCE INDUSTRY IN MANITOBA

INCLUDES PLANT SCIENCE, ANIMAL HEALTH, SOIL HEALTH AND DIGITAL AGRICULTURE

INCLUDES HEALTHY FOOD AND INGREDIENTS, MEDICAMENTS, MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL HEALTH

INCLUDES BIOENERGY, BIOCHEMICALS, BIOMASS FUELS AND BIOMATERIALS

The AG BIOTECH sector focuses on developing and commercializing innovations and tools related to agricultural plants or animals for the purpose of increasing yields, production efficiencies and/or impacts and/or improving nutritional profiles.

The HEALTH BIOTECH sector consists of companies developing and commercializing innovations that allow for the early identification, prevention and/or treatment of illness and disease.

The CLEAN BIOTECH sector uses materials from or with living organisms to generate new value-added products, with the goal to reduce negative impacts on the environment. Clean Biotech companies work in the areas of renewable fuels, industrial bioproducts and bioremediation technologies.

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Manitoba is the

medicaments: MANITOBA'S

LARGEST PROVINCE for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing nd

#1 EXPORT

IN CANADA

OVER $2 BILLION

$ 9.9

THE MANITOBA BIOSCIENCE INDUSTRY

THE INDUSTRY GENERATES

employs

14,330

BILLION

individuals

IN REVENUE

Source: Statistics Canada

BECOME A MEMBER

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Find out more at www.biomb.ca or contact Judi Bahl at info@biomb.ca

Upskilling, Retraining, and Staff Retention – BAM Facilitates Tailored Training. For further information, please reach out to Kate Swallow Yee at kate@biomb.ca.

100-135 Innovation Drive, Smartpark Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 6A8

Website: biomb.ca Email: info@biomb.ca

@BioscienceMB

@Bioscience_mb


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