Voyageur Minerals Appoints Pharmaceutical Expert to the Board of Directors
August 12 2019 - 7:00AM
Voyageur Minerals Ltd.
(TSX.V:VM) (the
“Company” or “Voyageur”). Voyageur is very pleased to announce that
Dr. Merle Olson is being appointed to the Voyageur Board as a
Director effective immediately. Dr. Olson has a Masters Degree in
Chemistry from Western University. After graduating with his DVM
from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in 1981, Dr. Olson
spent three years in a veterinary practice in Pincher Creek,
Alberta. Dr. Olsen became a faculty member at the University of
Calgary for the next 20 years where he published over 200
scientific papers and filed 45 patents.
In 2009, Dr. Olson created a partnership with
Paul Tulan to establish Alberta Veterinary Labs to initially market
products for use in animal health. They manufacture human
pharmaceutical products through Chief Medical Supplies Ltd. (“CMS”)
and together they have developed and manufactured over 40 products
for farm animals, pets and humans at their facility in Calgary. Dr.
Olson created a veterinary pharmaceutical product line Solvet, with
over 24 drug and device products that are marketed through
veterinarians.
CMS has been very successful and has taken
majority control of the Canadian dialysis concentrate market. Dr
Olson has created high quality hemodialysis concentrates made in
Canada, with water exceeding CSA requirements for purity. Is
ideal for hemodiafiltration or any application where ultrapure
water is required.
Dr Olson has extensive experience with drug
formulation, marketing, sales, distribution and logistics in the
pharmaceutical market. His company CMS provides high quality,
competitively priced pharmaceuticals and hemodialysis products to
pharmacies and hospitals across Canada. Operating from both its
81,000 square-foot plant in Calgary, Alberta and its
163,000 square-foot facility in Mississauga, Ontario, CMS
is able to supply products coast-to-coast utilizing their GMP
facilities which are currently under an FDA plant registration
process. The GMP plants are regulated by Health Canada and
complying with the Canadian Food and Drug Act, CMS has both
drug and medical device establishment licenses issued by
Health Canada.
About
Voyageur
Voyageur Minerals Ltd. is a Canadian public
company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol
VM. Voyageur is focused on the development of barite and iodine API
minerals for the pharmaceutical market.
Near-term cash flow will be achieved through its
recently signed joint venture with world-class pharmaceutical
manufacturer, Chief Medical Supply Ltd., for turn key
manufacturing, bottling and distribution of barium and iodine
radiopharmaceuticals for MRI, X-ray and CT scan
applications.
Voyageur owns 100% interest in three Barium
Sulfate ("Barite") deposits including two properties suitable in
grade for the industrial barite market place, including interests
in a high-grade iodine, lithium & bromine brine project in
Utah, USA.
About ImagingX
Pharmaceuticals
Voyageur formed ImagingX Pharmaceuticals Ltd
(IX), a gross revenue sharing joint venture company with
Chief Medical Supply Ltd (CMS).
CMS provides high quality, competitively priced pharmaceuticals and
hemodialysis products to pharmacies and hospitals across Canada.
Operating from both its 81,000 square-foot plant in Calgary,
Alberta and its 163,000 square-foot facility in Mississauga,
Ontario, CMS can supply products coast-to-coast. Regulated by
Health Canada and complying with the Canadian Food and Drug Act,
CMS has both drug and medical device establishment licenses issued
by Health Canada. CMS currently has the combined bottling capacity
of 760,000 bottles per day and has a turn key sterile bottle line
ready for IX iodine contrast production.
For further information, please
contact:
Steven R. LivingstonCell: (403) 471-1659Office:
(587) 779-6166
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