The 8th edition of the Genesis Awards will be held on April 16th 2008 at :

Mont-Royal Center
2200 Mansfield Street
Starting at 6:30 p.m.

• Entrepreneurship - Biotechnology / Biopharmaceutical
• Entrepreneurship - Health Technology
• Transfer - Emergence
• Innovation
• Biotechnology Award of Tomorrow
• BRIO

Entrepreneurship Biotechnology-Biopharmaceutical

This award recognizes a company that has achieved outstanding growth results due to the leadership of its management team.

The company has to meet the following criteria:

• is maintaining a superior rate of growth that is borne out by the personnel it recruits and by the sum of its investments;
• is led by business executives who are recognized for their growth-oriented management style and leadership;
• has achieved encouraging results thanks to the effective management of its alliances, its financial capabilities and its research teams;
• is competitive internationally in its line of business and/or has achieved noteworthy success outside of the Province of Quebec, owing to the company's global strategic approach.

2006 Recipient : ATRIUM BIOTECHNOLOGIES

> Link to Nomination Form

Entrepreneurship Health Technology

This award recognizes a company in the health technologies industry that has achieved outstanding growth results due to the leadership of its management team.

The company has to meet the following criteria:

• is maintaining a superior rate of growth that is borne out by the growth of its sales revenue, by the personnel it recruits and by the sum of its investments;
• is led by business executives who are recognized for their growth-oriented management style and leadership;
• has achieved encouraging results thanks to the effective management of its alliances, its financial capabilities and its research teams;
• is competitive in its line of business and/or has achieved noteworthy success outside of the Province of Quebec, owing to the company's global strategic approach.

2006 Recipient: MEDICUS ORTHOPEDIC LABORATORY

> Link to Nomination Form

Transfer - Emergence

This award will be given to a company and its founding officers who have successfully implemented a technology transfer process and who meet the following criteria:

The company has to meet the following criteria:

• is characterized by the innovative nature of its technology;
• is experiencing commercial success, or is showing considerable potential that is borne out by its licensing agreements or alliances;
• is characterized by its extensive managerial, financial and scientific expertise;
• their transferred technology is derived from a Canadian government or university.

2006 Recipient: RESONANT MEDICAL

> Link to Nomination Form

Innovation

This award recognizes a company with a proven innovation in the life sciences industry.

The company has to meet the following criteria:

• carries out a significant part of its innovative pursuits, as well as its research and development activities there;
• has a remarkable capacity for innovation that is borne out by tangible achievements;
• has successfully formulated an innovation or made a discovery that has increasedd the influence of Quebec's biotechnology sector or health technology industry.

2006 Recipient: INNODIA

> Link to Nomination Form

Biotechnology Award of Tomorrow

This award recognizes a company or a person who has made a significant impact on the potential use of genomics in the healthcare system. In the past year, the winner will have demonstrated vision and leadership in the world of business, research or healthcare.

The company has to meet the following criteria:

• Is operating in the industry of genomic and proteomic technologies;
• Has taken a major step leading to the integration of genomic technologies in the healthcare system;
• Has achieved encouraging results in specific technology or knowledge transfer regarding genomics or proteomics.

> Link to Nomination Form

BRIO

This award will be given to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the development of the life sciences industry. Over the past year, the recipient will have shown vision and leadership, in either the business or scientific milieu.

2006 Recipient: Mr. JAMES HOWARD-TRIPP, LABOPHARM

> Link to Nomination Form

This year, The Excelcia Club will see its ranks grow once again, as tribute will be paid to a Quebec personality who have made a remarkable personal contribution to the advancement of the life sciences industry.

The Excelcia Club Members: