Prevtec microbia is a biotech company based out of Montreal and Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada.

Their mission is to develop and commercialize alternatives to antibiotics and offer sustainable solutions that improve animal health, production performance and food safety.

The Case study was filmed in 2016 in Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada at Prevtec’s offices. Additional filming was done at the F. Ménard pig and poultry farm in Ange Gardien, Québec, Canada, and in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at BIOTECanada’s offices.

Course Content

Technology development, licensing IP from academia, research to business, sustainable agriculture, poultry and pig farming industry, vaccines, biotech, biopharma, commercializing university research, obtaining regulatory approvals in different markets, selecting international markets, partnering with large pharma, SME – multinational partnerships, working with CMOs, bringing innovative technologies to market, business collaboration with fundamental science, de-risking technology development, transferring technologies to commercialize them, Canada’s Biotech ecosystem, attracting FDI, taking a technology from idea to commercialization, animal welfare, ethical animal healthcare, food animals.

Technical specs

Production date: 2018

Participants:

Michel Fortin, Prevtec

Éric Nadeau, Prevtec

Andrew Casey, BIOTECanada

Anton Kleiren, Elanco

Executive Producers

Dr Hamid Etemad, McGill University

Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais

Producer

Thierry Harris, Cartouche Media

Creative Director

Melissa Gendron, Cartouche Media