ASTRAZENECA CANADA
AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business with a focus on the discovery, development, and commercialization of medicines that transform lives. Our primary scientific focus is in Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic (CVRM) disease; Oncology; Rare Disease; Respiratory & Immunology; and Vaccine & Immune-Therapies.
Across Canada, the company employs approximately 1,800 people, and recently announced a major expansion of our Mississauga-based Research & Development Hub and the creation of a new Alexion Development Hub focused on rare diseases. AstraZeneca has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers 2024, one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures 2024, and designated a Top Employer in the GTA for 10 consecutive years. For more information, please visit www.astrazeneca.ca
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Website: www.astrazeneca.ca
X: @AstraZenecaCA
LinkedIn: @AstraZeneca
Instagram: @AstraZenecaCanada
EMD SERONO
EMD Serono - the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the U.S. and Canada - aspires to create, improve and prolong life for people living with difficult-to-treat conditions like infertility, multiple sclerosis and cancer. The business is imagining the future of healthcare by working to translate the discovery of molecules into potentially meaningful outcomes for people with serious unmet medical needs. EMD Serono’s global roots go back more than 350 years with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Today, there are approximately 100 employees across Canada with headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario.
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Website: emdserono.ca/ca-en
LinkedIn: @EMD Serono, Inc.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA
Express Scripts Canada (ESC) is a leading pharmacy benefit manager and healthcare solutions provider dedicated to improving health outcomes and optimizing pharmacy benefits for Canadians. ESC has been recognized as part of the most innovative pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) in the world. As industry leaders, innovation is at the forefront of everything we do.
ESC leverages innovative technology and a patient-centric approach to deliver comprehensive pharmacy management services. We are the only health benefits manager in Canada with the ability to tap into the resources of a global company that positively impacts the lives of more than 170 million people worldwide and tailor them to the Canadian market.
We are known for our best-in-class adjudication of pharmacy, dental and extended health claims, and industry-leading data analysis, which we turn into actionable insights for our clients in both the public and private sectors. Our clients include Canada’s leading insurers, third party administrators and government. We work with these clients to develop industry-leading solutions to deliver superior healthcare in a cost-controlled environment.
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Website: express-scripts.ca
LinkedIn: Express Scripts Canada
GSK
GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people over the next 10 years. Our bold ambitions for patients are reflected in new commitments to growth and a step-change in performance.
We prioritize innovation in vaccines and specialty medicines, maximizing the increasing opportunities to prevent and treat disease. At the heart of this is our R&D focus on the science of the immune system, human genetics and advanced technologies, and our world-leading capabilities in vaccines – having the broadest vaccines portfolio in the industry - and medicines development.
In Canada, GSK employs over 1,450 full time employees across the country. We are headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, and have a regional business office in Montreal, Quebec, as well as a manufacturing facility and administrative office in Sainte-Foy, Quebec. Since 2001, GSK has invested more than $2 billion in vaccine and pharmaceutical R&D in Canada, including over $109 million in 2022 alone. GSK has invested more than $21 million in 54 active clinical trials across Canada, involving 3,700 subjects in 2022.
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Website: www.gsk.ca
Twitter: @gskca
LinkedIn: GSK
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INNOVATIVE MEDICINES CANADA
Our member companies, which range from early-stage startups to established organizations, are revolutionizing healthcare through the discovery and development of new medicines and vaccines.
Our industry supports 103,000 high-quality, well-paying jobs in Canada and invests $3 billion in R&D every year. Collectively, our activities contribute $16 billion per year to Canada’s knowledge-based economy.
Guided by a strict Code of Ethical Practices, we work with governments, insurance companies, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders to advance the field of pharmaceutical research and development and enhance the wellbeing of Canadians. We are committed to being valued partners in Canada’s healthcare system.
We achieve our goals by forming alliances, supporting policies, improving Canada’s regulatory environment, widening access to innovative medicines and ensuring the effective protection of intellectual property.
We believe in ensuring that Canadians have access to the innovative treatments they need. Our activities are a fundamental part of safeguarding our healthcare system for future generations.
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Website: innovativemedicines.ca/browse-by/private-drug-coverage/
MANULIFE
The power of Manulife’s Health Insights
The millions of health claims Manulife processes and pays each year can tell a fascinating story about the health and well-being of our members across the nation. When we layer on expert analysis and commentary from our Medical Director, Cleveland Clinic Canada, a clearer picture of the health challenges and opportunities facing our members takes shape.
The trends brought into focus by Manulife’s Health Insights Reports can transform the way you care for your employees. With these powerful insights, you can make better informed, data-driven decisions that may not only improve employee well-being but could also boost productivity and even reduce the effects of absenteeism and disability.
If you are interested in learning more a
bout employee health, or if you want to partner with Manulife to see how health insights can help you build a better plan, talk to a Manulife representative.
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (Manulife)
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Website: www.manulife.ca/business.html
Newsroom: newsroom
Linkedin: manulife-canada
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MEDAVIE BLUE CROSS
Medavie Blue Cross is a leading all-in-one private health insurer for individuals and organizations across Canada and administrator of federal and provincial government-sponsored health programs. We manage and insure health benefits for nearly 1 in 10 Canadians from coast to coast and provide timely access to quality health care through a comprehensive suite of innovative solutions.
Together with Medavie Health Services, a national leader in primary health care solutions and Canada’s largest contracted provider of emergency medical services, we’re part of Medavie, a not-for-profit health solutions partner committed to improving the wellbeing of Canadians so that every life can be lived to the fullest.
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Website: www.medaviebc.ca
Facebook: @Medavie Blue Cross
LinkedIn: @Medavie Blue Cross
MERCK
At Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. For more than a century, we’ve been at the forefront of research, bringing forward medicines, vaccines and innovative health solutions for the world’s most challenging diseases.
Chez Merck, connue sous le nom de MSD à l’extérieur des États-Unis et du Canada, nous sommes unis autour de notre raison d’être : nous utilisons la puissance des méthodes scientifiques de pointe pour sauver des vies et en améliorer partout dans le monde. Depuis plus d’un siècle, nous sommes à l’avant-garde des recherches, produisant des médicaments, des vaccins et des solutions de santé novatrices pour les maladies les plus éprouvantes au monde.
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Website: www.merck.ca
LinkedIn: Merck Canada
YouTube: Merck Canada
Twitter: @MerckCanada
NOVO NORDISK
We are a global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and headquartered just outside Copenhagen, Denmark. Our purpose is to drive change to defeat serious chronic diseases, built upon our heritage in diabetes. We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines and working to prevent and ultimately cure the diseases we treat.
We employ more than 65,000 people in 80 offices around the world, and market our products in 170 countries.
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Website: novonordisk.ca
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/novo-nordisk/
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Kanza Manzoor, Senior manager, Patient Access
knmq@novonordisk.com
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PFIZER
Pfizer Canada ULC is the Canadian operation of Pfizer Inc., one of the world's leading biopharmaceutical companies. Our diversified health care portfolio includes some of the world’s best known and most prescribed medicines and vaccines. Pfizer’s ongoing research and development activities focus on a wide range of therapeutic areas following our guiding purpose: Breakthroughs that change patients’ livesTM.
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Website: pfizer.ca
LinkedIn: Pfizer
Facebook: Pfizer Canada
Twitter: @PfizerCA
Youtube: Pfizer Canada
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HEALTH SOLUTIONS BY SHOPPERS
Established in 2010, Health Solutions by Shoppers works collaboratively with Canada’s leading employers, insurance companies, and benefits advisors to drive innovation in benefits plan management and employee wellness.
Leveraging Shoppers Drug Mart and Loblaw’s strong industry partnerships, drug expertise, and unmatched retail assets, the Health Solutions by Shoppers team is committed to enabling employers to provide their employees with drug plan and health management solutions that are affordable and sustainable.
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Website: www.healthsolutions.ca
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Email: saleshealthsolutions@shoppersdrugmart.ca
LinkedIn: @health solutions by shoppers
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IA FINANCIAL GROUP
iA Financial Group is one of the largest insurance and wealth management groups in Canada. Founded in 1892, iA serves more than 5 million clients and manages more than $218.9 billion in assets.
Group Benefits and Retirement Solutions is a business unit of iA Financial Group. Its ambition is to be present and active in the daily lives of Canadians, supporting their physical, mental and financial wellbeing through a wide range of products, services and digital solutions.
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Facebook: iACanada
LinkedIn: iA Financial Group
Instagram: @ia_financialgroup
Tiktok: @ia_financialgroup