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# Northern RNA
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/northern-rna/
- Published: 1999-01-02T21:17:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-12T21:08:12.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

**Northern RNA** is a Canadian biomanufacturing company based in Calgary, Alberta.

## History

Northern RNA was founded on August 19, 2020 by [Brad Stevens](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Brad-Stevens) and Thomas Hansen,[\[1\]](#fn1)[\[2\]](#fn2)[\[3\]](#fn3) though Stevens' [LinkedIn profile](http://archive.today/2023.07.18-041625/https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-stevens-13a13223/) suggests the company began work in February 2020.[\[4\]](#fn4)

### COVID-19

On January 21, 2021, Northern RNA and [Providence Therapeutics](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Providence-Therapeutics) received a $5,050,000 grant from the [Government of Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Government-of-Canada) through the [Global Innovation Clusters](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Global-Innovation-Clusters) initiative to "develop a made-in-Canada COVID-19 mRNA vaccine" and "establish mRNA vaccine manufacturing capacity within Canada and build a raw material supply chain that supports an exciting new industry."[\[5\]](#fn5)

On January 26, 2021, Providence Therapeutics announced that it had begun Phase I clinical trials for its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate, manufactured in partnership with Northern RNA, which provided the "basic building blocks" of RNA for the product.[\[3:1\]](#fn3)[\[6\]](#fn6)

## Organization

| Name                                                               | Position                                     | Notes                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Brad Stevens](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Brad-Stevens) | Co-founder[\[3:2\]](#fn3)                    | City of Calgary, [Institute of Corporate Directors](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Institute-of-Corporate-Directors) (ICD)[\[7\]](#fn7)                                 |
| Thomas Hansen                                                      | Co-founder and Vice President[\[2:1\]](#fn2) | Calgary Drop-In Centre, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Canadian Network of Asset Managers (CNAM)                          |
| Michael Crothers                                                   | Board Chair                                  | Shell                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Kevin Appelhof                                                     | Board member                                 | Carbon Controls, International Society of Automation (ISA), Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta (ASET)                                  |
| Jared Davis                                                        | Board member                                 | [Arcturus Therapeutics](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Arcturus-Therapeutics), [Providence Therapeutics](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Providence-Therapeutics) |

## External links

- [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=pharmaceutical%5Fcompanies:northern%5Frna)
- [Website](https://northernrna.com/)

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1. *Northern RNA Inc. Profile.* SEDAR. Retrieved July 18, 2023, from <http://archive.today/2023.07.18-025138/https://www.sedar.com/DisplayProfile.do?lang=EN&issuerType=03&issuerNo=00052388> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. *Thomas Hansen.* Calgary Drop-in Centre. Retrieved July 18, 2023, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20230718025503/https://calgarydropin.ca/who-we-are/our-team/thomas-hansen/> [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1)
3. Stephenson, A. (2021, January 26). *Made-in-Canada COVID vaccine to be manufactured in Calgary; clinical trials have now begun.* Calgary Herald. <http://archive.today/2021.05.13-174140/https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/made-in-canada-covid-vaccine-to-be-manufactured-in-calgary-clinical-trials-have-now-begun> [↩︎](#fnref3) [↩︎](#fnref3:1) [↩︎](#fnref3:2)
4. *Brad Stevens.* LinkedIn. Retrieved July 17, 2023, from <http://archive.today/2023.07.18-041625/https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-stevens-13a13223/> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *Canada’s cluster projects: COVID-19 response.* (2022, August 19). Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. <https://web.archive.org/web/20230706210728/https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/global-innovation-clusters/en/canadas-cluster-projects-covid-19-response> [↩︎](#fnref5)
6. Villani, M. (2021, February 2). *Providence Therapeutics seeking federal support for “made-in-Canada” COVID-19 vaccine.* CTV News Calgary. <http://archive.today/2022.07.11-165610/https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/providence-therapeutics-seeking-federal-support-for-made-in-canada-covid-19-vaccine-1.5292681> [↩︎](#fnref6)
7. *Board of Directors.* Northern RNA. Retrieved July 18, 2023, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20230718030441/https://northernrna.com/board-of-directors/> [↩︎](#fnref7)