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Redesigning Canada’s health policy to spur innovation

  • When patents create an unbalanced system of protection, regulatory exclusivities, which safeguard a firm’s data from being copied by competitors while still allowing scientific
Opinion | BY E. RICHARD GOLD | December 22, 2025
If Canada is to address rare and complex diseases, we need to encourage firms to explore exclusivities that genuinely drive innovation, writes E. Richard Gold. Photograph courtesy of the National Cancer Institute via Unsplash

Redesigning Canada’s health policy to spur innovation

Opinion | BY E. RICHARD GOLD | December 22, 2025
  • When patents create an unbalanced system of protection, regulatory exclusivities, which safeguard a firm’s data from being copied by competitors while still allowing scientific

Redesigning Canada’s health policy to spur innovation

Opinion | BY E. RICHARD GOLD | December 22, 2025
  • When patents create an unbalanced system of protection, regulatory exclusivities, which safeguard a firm’s data from being copied by competitors while still allowing scientific
If Canada is to address rare and complex diseases, we need to encourage firms to explore exclusivities that genuinely drive innovation, writes E. Richard Gold. Photograph courtesy of the National Cancer Institute via Unsplash

Fighting the next health crisis

  • The best way for Canada to contribute to the development of new antibiotics is for the government to play a major role in aligning
Opinion | BY E. RICHARD GOLD, ALED EDWARDS | November 17, 2022
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos recently announced a $300,000 contribution to international efforts to fight antimicrobial resistance. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Fighting the next health crisis

Opinion | BY E. RICHARD GOLD, ALED EDWARDS | November 17, 2022
  • The best way for Canada to contribute to the development of new antibiotics is for the government to play a major role in aligning

Fighting the next health crisis

Opinion | BY E. RICHARD GOLD, ALED EDWARDS | November 17, 2022
  • The best way for Canada to contribute to the development of new antibiotics is for the government to play a major role in aligning
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos recently announced a $300,000 contribution to international efforts to fight antimicrobial resistance. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

To get the benefits of innovation, Canada needs a national effort

  • Canadian efforts to extract social and economic benefit from innovation have not only been late but tepid. For too long, pundits and policy-makers considered
Opinion | BY E. RICHARD GOLD | October 1, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with premiers and Indigenous leaders in Ottawa on Oct. 3, 2017 at a first ministers' meeting. The provinces have yet to show significant leadership on innovation, argues E. Richard Gold, while the federal government is heading in the right direction, but should go further. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

To get the benefits of innovation, Canada needs a national effort

Opinion | BY E. RICHARD GOLD | October 1, 2018
  • Canadian efforts to extract social and economic benefit from innovation have not only been late but tepid. For too long, pundits and policy-makers considered

To get the benefits of innovation, Canada needs a national effort

Opinion | BY E. RICHARD GOLD | October 1, 2018
  • Canadian efforts to extract social and economic benefit from innovation have not only been late but tepid. For too long, pundits and policy-makers considered
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with premiers and Indigenous leaders in Ottawa on Oct. 3, 2017 at a first ministers' meeting. The provinces have yet to show significant leadership on innovation, argues E. Richard Gold, while the federal government is heading in the right direction, but should go further. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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