Latest News
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Paul Levesque Featured on the NPC (National Pharmaceutical Congress) Podcast
Listen to the conversation our President and CEO, Paul Levesque, had on the National Pharmaceutical Congress (NPC) Podcast, covering Canadian biotech, rare disease policy, and AI as an healthcare accelerator.
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Québec Becomes First Province to Cover TRYNGOLZA® (olezarsen) for Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome
Coverage under Québec’s public drug plan provides access to the first therapy approved by Health Canada for this rare genetic disease.
Health Canada-approved
In rare and specialty diseases, unmet need isn’t just a gap in treatment — it’s families waiting, patients hoping, and time we cannot afford to lose. We built this company to ensure that innovative science doesn’t sit on a shelf, but reaches the people whose lives depend on it.
— Paul Lévesque, President, Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder

Our Focus
Bringing much needed innovative treatments to Canadian patients.
Leadership Team
Decades of Expertise. One Shared Mission.
CELYSTRA was founded by Paul Lévesque, John Leasure and Philippe Dubuc, three executives with extensive pharmaceutical industry experience, particularly in drug development, commercialization and financing.

Partnerships
Accelerating access to patients.
We bring the know-how to effectively navigate partnered medicines through regulatory approval and Canada’s complex market access environment with a focus on commercial availability.



