39 Top Life Science Startups and Companies in British Columbia

November 16, 2021

This article showcases our top picks for the best British Columbia based Life Science companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Life Science industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

Top British Columbia Life Science Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Aspect Biosystems

Aspect Biosystems

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Biotech company combining the power of microfluidics & 3D bioprinting to fuel medical research and development of bioprinted therapeutics

Sierra Oncology

Sierra Oncology

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Sierra Oncology is a clinical-stage drug development company advancing targeted therapeutics for the treatment of patients with cancer.

Sierra Oncology

SaNOtize

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SaNOtize is a biotech company using a platform technology for topical to treat upper respiratory and dermal infections.

Sierra Oncology

STEMCELL Technologies

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Tools to Isolate, Culture and Assay Cells

Sierra Oncology

PHEMI Systems Corp.

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PHEMI has developed a proprietary data privacy & governance platform that enables health organizations to unlock their data for innovation.

Sierra Oncology

MYND Life Sciences

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MYND Life Sciences is a life sciences company focused on novel psychedelic drug development and pharmaceuticals.

Sierra Oncology

VoxCell BioInnovation

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Tissue Engineering, 3D Bioprinting, Bioink, Biotechnology, Drug Development Tools

Sierra Oncology

Lexaria Bioscience

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Lexaria Bioscience Is developes it’s DehydraTECH technology that promotes healthy administration methods.

Sierra Oncology

Liberty Gold

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Liberty Gold is an exploration-stage company that engages in the exploration, production, and development of gold and precious metals.

Sierra Oncology

BioHarvest Sciences

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BioHarvest Sciences produces and sells a food-based nutraceutical product called ViniaTM.

Sierra Oncology

Abdera Therapeutics

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Abdera is an oncology company developing targeted alpha therapies (TATs) for patients with relapsed, refractory, and metastatic cancers.

Sierra Oncology

Creatus Biosciences

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Creatus Biosciences is a green chemical production using proprietary bio-based industrial platform.

Sierra Oncology

Rakovina Therapeutics

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Publicly traded (RKV.V) company focused on the development of new cancer treatments based on novel DNA-damage response technologies.

Sierra Oncology

Microdermics

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Unlocking continuous biochemical data for clinically relevant insights.

Sierra Oncology

MetaMixis

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Their founding team possesses a unique combination of expertise in synthetic biology, environmental genomics, and bioinformatics.

Sierra Oncology

Orion Nutraceuticals

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Orion Nutraceuticals is a manufacturer and distributor of cannabinoid oil and extracts for the sports medicine market.

Sierra Oncology

Entheon Biomedical

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Entheon is a addiction recovery solution that harnesses and optimizes the therapeutic potential of the DMT molecule.

Sierra Oncology

Phyton Biotech

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Phyton Biotech is the world’s leader in pharmaceutical plant cell fermentation technology.

Sierra Oncology

Applied Biological Materials

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Applied Biological Materials provides research reagents and custom services at low prices.

Sierra Oncology

HealthTech Connex

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HealthTech Connex focuses on technology-based innovations for health improvements and outcomes.

Sierra Oncology

Pacgen Life Science Corp.

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Pacgen Life Science Corporation (formerly Pacgen Biopharmaceuticals Corporation) is a life science technology company.

Sierra Oncology

StressGen Biotechnologies

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Stressgen Bioreagents Corp., a British Columbia-based maker of antibody and protein kits for life science research.

Sierra Oncology

Wellness Garage

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Wellness Garage is a precision wellness clinic for the optimization of health, wellness, betterment and longevity.

Sierra Oncology

SignalChem Lifesciences

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SignalChem Lifesciences Corporation (SLC) consists of two business divisions, a bioreagent division and a drug discovery division.

Sierra Oncology

Kairos Therapeutics

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Kairos Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company with a proprietary next-generation antibody-drug conjugate platform.

Sierra Oncology

Coastal Genomics

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Coastal Genomics develops and markets automated solutions to address sample preparation needs across the medical diagnostics sector.

Sierra Oncology

TheraPten Biosciences

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TheraPten Biosciences is a Canadian preclinical biotechnology company.

Sierra Oncology

TerraBioGen Technologies

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TerraBioGen Technologies is an innovative agricultural biotechnology company that researches to increase yields in crops.

Sierra Oncology

Artron Bioresearch

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Artron Bioresearch specializes in the development and production of antibodies and antigens manufactured based on technology.

Sierra Oncology

Agro Epigenetics Corp

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Agro Epigenetics Corp is a canadian biotechnology company.

Sierra Oncology

Tantalus Labs

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Tantalus Labs fixates on greenhouse buildings with advancing the frontier of cannabis cultivation through first-principles reasoning.

Sierra Oncology

NeuroCatch

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The NeuroCatch® Platform, is an objective, rapid neuro-physiological brain function assessment system

Sierra Oncology

Thc Biomed Intl

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THC BioMed is a strategically focused company dedicated to research & development, plant engineering and life sciences.

Sierra Oncology

CroMedica International

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CroMedica International is a clinical research organization that provides drug development strategy and study design.

Sierra Oncology

AlgaeCan Biotech

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AlgaeCan Biotech Ltd., located in Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada is one of the first companies.

Sierra Oncology

Anandia

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Anandia is a research lab provides the global cannabis industry with leading analytical testing services.

Sierra Oncology

Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Canada

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Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Canada is a research and development-focused company that develops pharmaceutical products.

Sierra Oncology

Transferra Nanosciences

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Transferra Nanosciences provides Chemistry Manufacturing and Controls services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Sierra Oncology

Clarison Medical

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Clarison Medical offers elastography solution that provides customizable interface displaying real-time viscoelasticity maps.

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