Generics With cost-cutting measures exacerbating an already fraught regulatory process, the Canadian generics industry is facing somewhat of an existential crisis. However, within this difficult market environment, enterprising generics companies are still seeing significant opportunities for growth. “Sometimes it seems as if [non-industry members] believe generic products grow on trees” Jim…
Canada operates a single-payer healthcare system in which the majority of services are provided by private entities, which are paid for at the provincial level. The Canada Health Act of 1984 stipulates universal coverage for all insured health services as administered by the country’s ten provinces. Medication is covered…
Basic Research Despite declining investments by big pharma in recent years, Canada has created a number of innovative ways to incentivize R&D throughout its vast geography. “Science powers commerce,” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper remarked in 2010. In those three words, the prime minister summarizes a massive effort by various stakeholders to…
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