OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BIOTECanada announced earlier today Therapure Biopharma Inc. (Therapure) has been named recipient of a Gold Leaf Award recognizing an outstanding early stage health company. Therapure is being recognized for the potential of their highly innovative drug discovery pipeline as well as for their unique biomanufacturing capabilities. Therapure is a contract development and manufacturing organization launched in 2008 and has rapidly grown to more than 120 employees. Therapure specializes in producing sophisticated biologics at its 130,000 square foot, cGMP bio-manufacturing facility in Mississauga, Ontario.