CDC LIFE SCIENCES <LSI.TO> STAKE SOLD Canada Development Corp <CDC.TO> said it agreed to sell its 25.2 pct interest in CDC Life Sciences Inc to Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, the provincial pension fund manager, and Institut Merieux, a French biological laboratory company, for 169.2 mln dlrs. It said the caisse and Institut Merieux will each buy 2.75 mln common shares of the company for 30.76 dlrs a share. It said following the transaction the caisse will hold about 19.3 pct of CDC Life Sciences. Canada Development said the purchasers do not plan to acquire the remaining publicly-held shares.