Media Advisory - Montreal Heart Institute and the Université de Montréal to inaugurate the Centre de pharmacogénomique Beaulieu-Saucier de l'Université de Montréal

    MONTREAL, April 2 /CNW Telbec/ -Mr. Jean Royer, Chair of the MHI Board of Directors, and
             Mr. Luc Vinet, Rector of the Université de Montréal,
                 are pleased to invite media representatives
                     to a press conference to inaugurate
     the Centre de pharmacogénomique Beaulieu-Saucier de l'Université
                                 de Montréal.

                           Also attending will be
           Dr. Yves Bolduc, Minister of Health and Social Services,
      Mr. Raymond Bachand, Minister of Economic Development, Innovation
                              and Export Trade,
       and donors Mr. Michel Saucier and his wife, Ms. Gisèle Beaulieu,
     who are both graduates of the Université de Montréal and whose
          $ 5 million donation led to the creation of the Centre de
    pharmacogénomique Beaulieu-Saucier de l'Université de Montréal on the
               grounds of the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI).

                          The inauguration unfolds:

    - When:   Monday, April 6 at 9:30 am
    - Where:  Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Bélanger St., Montreal.

       The Centre de pharmacogénomique Beaulieu-Saucier de l'Université
                                 de Montréal
           is directly accessible through the Viau Street entrance
                   beside the MHI's J.-Louis Lévesque Bldg.

       For this special occasion, the laboratories of the Center will
                              be open to media.

For further information: Julie Chevrette, Communications Consultant,
Montreal Heart Institute, [phone], ext. 2641,
[e-mail]; Julie Gazaille, Press attachée, Université de
Montréal, [phone], [e-mail]