Life Sciences Manufacturer

Pharmaceuticals

Ontario, Canada

Challenge

A manufacturer of pharmaceutical, natural health, and cosmetics products (including first aid
supplies such as iodine and alcohol swabs) needed a funding strategy to support a manufacturing
expansion.

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Strategy

FE built a combined federal-provincial funding strategy, layering FedDev Ontario's Business
Scale-up and Productivity initiative with Ontario's AMIC program to maximize the funding available for the
expansion.

Impact

The combined funding supported a manufacturing scale-up.

Outcome

FE secured a combined $7.5M in federal and provincial funding, including $2.5M through
FedDev Ontario's Business Scale-up and Productivity initiative and $5M through Ontario's AMIC program.