Our state-of-the-art Boreal Biomanufacturing (Boreal) is a leader in the rapidly growing field of biotherapeutics — one of the most cutting-edge areas of medical innovation.
We’re using stem cells, cancer-killing viruses, gene therapy, and more, to improve and save lives. We’ve also manufactured more than 15 different cell- and virus-based living drugs for human clinical trials conducted in 11 different countries.
“Boreal harness the cell’s own machinery — such as proteins, genetic material, and viruses — to address the underlying biological processes that cause disease. Biological therapeutics may be able to cure some diseases.”
— Dr. Duncan Stewart, senior scientist in the Regenerative Medicine Program and professor at the University of Ottawa
We’re the only hospital-based facility in Canada that has widely produced both cell- and virus-based therapies, and in the ongoing global fight against COVID-19, The Ottawa Hospital helped fill Canada’s critical needs in vaccine manufacturing for clinical trials.
The innovations taking place at the BMC are making a real difference in the lives of people right here in Ottawa.
Read how our BMC is helping researchers tackle vision loss.
Learn how the BMC played a role in using CAR T-cells to give this lymphoma patient a third chance.
Discover how researchers at The Ottawa Hospital are using biotherapeutics to teach a person’s own cells to target cancerous cells.
Go behind the scenes with Director of Virus Manufacturing at the BMC, Dr. Jen Quizi, on episode #61 of the Pulse Podcast to learn more about our best-kept secret.
Watch Dr. Duncan Stewart, Executive Vice-President of Research at The Ottawa Hospital, explain how the BMC has played a critical role throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
There is no other facility in Canada doing what we do. The Boreal offers end-to-end manufacturing solutions to academic and industrial partners around the world, done according to the highest standard of good manufacturing practices. We also founded CanPRIME, the only hands-on biomanufacturing training program in Canada.
As an integral part of Canada’s growing biomanufacturing ecosystem, we’re creating the future of medicine here at The Ottawa Hospital, every day.
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