Peter Pekos

Mr. Pekos is a veteran of the pharmaceutical services industry who founded Dalton Pharma Services (Dalton) in 1986, and over a period of 30 years directed its growth based on strong client relationships. In a world-class 42,000 square foot facility with more than 110 employees in the heart of one of North America’s largest biomedical clusters, Dalton provides pharma and biotech clients with an array of integrated services. This includes premium contract chemistry research, a full range of analytical support, medicinal chemistry, formulation, cGMP manufacture of solid dosage forms, and cGMP aseptic fill in vials and syringes.

Mr. Pekos continues to serve Dalton as President & CEO, guiding the evolution of the company to serve best the changing needs of its clients, which are in all of the major global economies and include the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. The range of services extends from discovery research up to commercial production. In addition to innovative drug molecules, the company’s expertise extends to custom peptides and conjugation of active pharmaceutical ingredients and fluorophores with polymers and antibodies.

In 1983, Mr. Pekos obtained a Chemistry/Biochemistry Double Specialist Degree with a Minor in Biology from the University of Toronto. In 1986 he completed a Masters Degree in synthetic chemistry at York University, and with his Professor Doug Butler founded Dalton with a very modest amount of capital. The company used incubator facilities at York University, and initially manufactured and sold specialty chemical compounds.

Mr. Pekos also founded Ashbury Biologicals, Inc., a phyto-pharmaceutical company, Jupiter Consumer Products, a company that targeted the development of adult-focused confections and several other technology-based companies focused on advanced materials and pharmaceutical development tools.

Mr. Pekos has served on the Scientific Advisory Board for Lab Business, one of the biotechnology publications of Jesmar Communications, and on the Business Advisory Board for Critical Outcome Technologies, Inc., a publicly owned Canadian drug discovery company and is a member of the editorial board of Biotechnology Focus, a leading Bio-business magazine in Canada.

Mr. Pekos is currently on the board and was founding Chairman of ventureLAB a Regional Innovation Center located at IBM’s York Region campus. VentureLAB guides government program delivery to support the innovation ecosystem for biotechnology and related industries in southern Ontario.

Mr. Pekos is an active Angel Investor and has invested in several start-ups focused on novel cancer therapeutics, Orphan diseases, and vaccine technologies.

As a York University and University of Toronto Alumni and Donor, Mr. Pekos actively supports scholarship funds at both York University and the University of Toronto.