Café Croissants with Paraza: A Life Sciences Company’s Challenges and Victories on Its Road to Success
Café Croissants with Paraza: A Life Sciences Company’s Challenges and Victories on Its Road to Success
Have you heard of Paraza Pharma, a full-integrated R&D organization whose guiding principle is deep science and whose staff is the reason for its success?
Founded in 2011, this company now has a team of 220 people made up of talented and dedicated scientists and support personnel; it is now one of the sector’s largest employers in Quebec.
As they evolve, companies face various challenges that they must overcome to further their growth; Paraza is no exception. Its executives will talk about these obstacles, how they overcame some of them, and what they are doing to address unresolved issues.
Join us on September 28 to hear a Quebec-based life sciences ecosystem company’s success story and discuss ways to deal with challenges and plan for organic growth.
Meet our guests
Arshad Siddiqui, Ph.D. President & CEO
Dr. Siddiqui founded Paraza Pharma in 2011 after twenty-two years of a successful career in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in Canada and USA. Dr. Siddiqui has held senior level positions in companies such as Shire-BioChem Pharma (Montreal, Canada), Neogenesis Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge, MA), Schering-Plough Corporation (Cambridge, MA) and Merck & Co. (Cambridge, MA).
Brigitte MacKay, CRHA Vice-President, Human Resources & Talent Management
Ms. MacKay has over twenty years of experience in the field of human resources. Prior to joining Paraza Pharma in 2019, she was Lead, Learning & Development, for Nestlé Skin Health (Canada). Over the years, Ms. MacKay has developed and implemented innovative HR solutions to drive business strategy for companies such as Bombardier Aerospace and Merck Frosst Canada. She has a B.Sc. from Université de Montréal in Economics and Human Resources and is a member of the Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines agréés du Québec.
Alexandre Larivée, Ph.D. Executive Director, Chemical Sciences
Dr. Larivée joined Paraza Pharma in 2011. Prior to joining Paraza Pharma, Dr. Larivée worked at Merck Frosst Canada as Senior Research Scientist. He has eleven years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and has successfully managed several drug discovery programs in the areas of oncology, inflammation, CNS and infectious diseases leading to identification of two clinical candidates. Additionally, Dr. Larivée has extensive experience in state-of-the-art chemistry including asymmetric synthesis, flow, photocatalysis and electrochemistry.
About Paraza
Paraza Pharma, Inc. is an innovative collaborative research organization passionately committed in helping you advance your Drug Discovery Programs. Whether working as fully integrated members of your drug discovery team or providing expertise to solve specific problems, our world-class Drug Discovery Experts can help you reach your program milestones from lead identification through lead optimization and development candidate selection. The strength and consistency of our discovery team has led to the development and support of chemistry programs with a range of collaborators from major pharmaceutical companies, biotech companies as well as non-profit organizations.
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