MONTREAL, QUEBEC , October 4, 2023 – Valeo Pharma Inc. (TSX:VPH, OTCQB: VPHIF, FSE:VP2) (“Valeo” or the “Company”), a Canadian pharmaceutical company, is pleased to announce it placed No. 151 on the 2023 Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies. 

Canada’s Top Growing Companies ranks Canadian companies on three-year revenue growth. Valeo placed 151st out of 425 companies that earned a spot in this year’s rankings with three-year growth of 322%.

“Valeo Pharma is proud to have been named one of Canada’s fastest growing companies by the Globe and Mail”, said Steve Saviuk, CEO. ‘’This ranking is a result of the dedication of all of Valeo’s employees and reflects the value that our innovative product portfolio brings to improving healthcare for Canadian patients”.

Canada’s Top Growing Companies is an editorial ranking that was launched in 2019. It aims to bring the accomplishments of innovative businesses in Canada to the forefront. In order to qualify for this voluntary program; companies had to complete an in-depth application process and fulfill requirements.

The full list of 2023 winners along with editorial coverage is published in the October issue of Report on Business magazine. The list is out now and online here.

“Canada’s Top Growing Companies acknowledges the drive and ingenuity displayed by Canadian business,” says Dawn Calleja, Editor of Report on Business magazine. “This year’s ranking serves as an inspiration for future business owners.”

“This year’s Report on Business magazine’s list of Top Growing Companies shows how innovative ideas always rise to the top, perhaps even more so in times of uncertainty,” says Andrew Saunders, CEO of The Globe and Mail. “The Globe and Mail congratulates this year’s winners for meeting and surpassing those economic challenges.”

About The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail is Canada’s foremost news media company, leading the national discussion and causing policy change through brave and independent journalism since 1844. With our award-winning coverage of business, politics and national affairs, The Globe and Mail newspaper reaches 6.2 million readers every week in our print or digital formats, and Report on Business magazine reaches 2.7 million readers in print and digital every issue. Our investment in innovative data science means that as the world continues to change, so does The Globe. The Globe and Mail is owned by Woodbridge, the investment arm of the Thomson family.

About Valeo Pharma Inc.

Valeo Pharma is a fast growing Canadian pharmaceutical company dedicated to the commercialization of innovative prescription products in Canada with a focus on Respiratory/Allergy, Ophthalmology and Hospital Specialty Products. Headquartered in Kirkland, Quebec Valeo Pharma has all the required capabilities and the full infrastructure to register and properly manage its growing product portfolio through all stages of commercialization. For more information, please visit www.valeopharma.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements about Valeo’s objectives, strategies and businesses that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are “forward-looking” because they are based on our current expectations about the markets we operate in and on various estimates and assumptions. Actual events or results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements if known or unknown risks affect our business, or if our estimates or assumptions turn out to be inaccurate.

For more information:

Steve Saviuk

CEO

514-693-8830

[email protected]

or

Frederic Dumais

Director, Communications and Investor Relations 514-693-8847
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