America’s drug-pricing reset will reverberate far beyond Washington
Countries like Canada could find themselves navigating tighter negotiations and slower access to new therapies.
Canada’s missing life sciences industrial strategy is leaving economic growth on the table
The federal Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy, released in 2021, did not result in needed policy changes or alignment of federal departments and investments. In contrast, other top-tier countries place life sciences at the centre of industrial strategies and align the sector with talent, trade, research and development, innovation and infrastructure.
‘Diseases do not recognize borders’: U.S. decision to leave WHO ignores reality of how diseases spread, says Liberal MP Powlowski
Both the MP, a practising physician, and infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch warn that progress made in reducing the prevalence of various diseases, including HIV, could stall.
Lack of flexibility, questions about long-term funding have been stumbling blocks in signing pharmacare deals, say some premiers
Seven provinces and two territories don’t yet have deals even though Prime Minister Mark Carney said last fall that his government is committed to signing more agreements.
Three measures to tackle ‘wicked’ health policy problems
With spending projections increasing while patients struggle to access care, it is well past time to tackle our health care problems.
Health workforce, toxic drug crisis on health critics’ agendas this winter
Conservative health critic Dan Mazier says an upcoming committee report on immigration and health care will include ‘damning evidence’ that will surprise people.
Make federal funding permanent for Canada’s suicide crisis helpline, say Conservative and NDP critics
Long-time mental health advocates Conservative MP Todd Doherty and NDP MP Gord Johns say their passion for the subject is personal.
Health care is 13 per cent of Canada’s economy, and must be central to nation-building
This is not a call for unchecked spending. It’s a call to recognize health care for what it truly is: foundational economic infrastructure. If we are serious about building Canada’s future, health care can no longer sit in the background. It must be central to nation-building.
Far-right ideology is a prescription for bad health
Once political leaders learn they can dictate health policy through culture wars, the intrusion rarely ends.
PHAC says creating national vaccination registry would be ‘difficult’ as Canada contends with high measles count, loss of measles-free status
The Canadian Medical Association wants to see a national registry while the Canadian Public Health Association says the feds should provide funds to provinces and territories specifically to improve the availability of interoperable data.
