Leverage our Team of Experts to Accelerate your Medicinal Chemistry Program

Leadership

Albert D. Friesen, PhD, Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Albert D. Friesen is a founder and CEO of CanAm Bioresearch. He is also the founder of Medicure Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company and currently serves as Board Chair. Dr. Friesen has been instrumental in the founding and development of several life science companies, including ABI Biotechnology (now Apotex Fermentation), Canada's first profitable biotech company, and the Winnipeg Rh Institute, where he led the development of Canada's first biotech product, WinRho. Dr. Friesen has also played a key role in a number of regional and national organizations, including a founder and first Board of Director Chair of the Industrial Biotechnology Association of Canada (now BIOTECanada). Dr. Friesen received his Ph.D. in protein chemistry from the University of Manitoba.

Marcus Enns, President

Marcus Enns is the President of CanAm Bioresearch, a position he has held since 2003.  Concurrently, he holds senior management positions with a life science accelerator named Genesys Venture Inc. and a specialty pharma company called Medicure Inc. where he oversees treasury, securities and contracting functions and plays a major role in fundraising.  Mr. Enns holds a finance degree from the University of Manitoba and was previously employed in the banking industry in the areas of lending and financial management. 

Scientific Team

The main core of the research team includes all-PhD organic and medicinal chemists, with years of experience in synthetic chemistry and:

  • Skilled in the art of medicinal chemistry and organic synthesis

  • Experienced in full-time-equivalent and/or fee-for-service projects

  • Able to carry out multiple synthetic routes simultaneously, working on multiple target compounds

  • Able to develop and optimize new synthetic routes, and trouble-shoot potential synthetic hurdles

  • Work as a team with other chemists within your project, sharing technical knowledge and common intermediates whenever possible in order to gain in efficiency and productivity

  • Able to communicate fluently in English, presenting directly to you via reports and/or during regular video-conference meetings, and always accessible via email

A PhD analytical chemist with years of hand-on experience in HPLC, LC-MS/MS and skilled in purity determination, impurity identification, solubility testing, stability studies and ADME analysis.

The scientific team is also assisted by a skilled and trained support staff including a lab manager, lab coordinator and lab assistant, tasked to handle logistics and operational support for the laboratory.

IT Support

CanAm has also access to an IT specialist to handle any IT-related needs. It has its own private and secure local server to store information and data, where any electronic data (notebook electronic copies, analytical data, reports) can be stored. Any project-related document can also be stored on any cloud-based shared drive of your preference, and all proprietary data and information can be handed out anytime at your request.