Biggest life sciences companies in B.C. in 2023

 

Ranked by number of R&D employees in 2022

Published September 11,2023. Sources: interviews with representatives of biotech firms below and BIV research. Other firms may have ranked but did not respond to information requests by deadline.
 

 

Rank '23 Company Top local executive(s) Areas of research Ownership Year founded No. staff globally '22/'21 No. B.C. staff '22/'21 No. R&D staff '22/'21
1

AbCellera
2215 Yukon St, Vancouver V5Y 0A1
P: 604-559-9005 F: NA abcellera.com

Carl Hansen, CEO and president

AbCellera searches, decodes, and analyzes natural immune systems to find antibodies that its partners can develop into drugs to prevent and treat disease

Public

2012

495
386

418
337

305 (1)
226

2

STEMCELL Technologies Inc
1618 Station St, Vancouver V6A 1B6
P: 604-877-0713 F: 800-567-2899 stemcell.com

Allen Eaves, president and CEO

Provides cell culture media, cell separation tools and accessory reagents for cell biology research, including stem cell biology, regenerative medicine, immunology and cancer research

Privately held

1993

1,867
1,520

1,411
1,146

290
213

3

Kardium Inc
8518 Glenlyon Pky Suite 155, Burnaby V5J 0B6
P: 604-248-8891 F: 604-304-3478 kardium.com

Doug Goertzen, president and COO, Kevin Chaplin, CEO

Cardiovascular

Privately held

2007

242
190

236
185

250
200

4

Zymeworks Inc
114 4th Ave E Suite 800, Vancouver V5T 1G4
P: 604-678-1388 F: 604-737-7077 zymeworks.com

Kenneth Galbraith, chair, president and CEO, Neil Klompas, president and COO (2), Chris Astle, senior vice-president and CFO

Antibody and protein therapeutics development with a primary focus in oncology

NYSE:ZYME

2003

NA
462

171
251

123 (3)
123

5

Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc
3650 Gilmore Way Suite 200, Burnaby V5G 4W8
P: 604-484-3300 F: 604-484-3450 xenon-pharma.com

Ian Mortimer, president and CEO

Epilepsy, major depressive disorder

Public

1996

213
153

153
123

107
90

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