Medical technology marketplace too fragmented, forum hears

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Health Minister Jane Philpott. The CMA, which pushed for a national seniors strategy during the last federal election, said they were "encouraged" by the Liberal government's 2016 budget that committed to "negotiate a new multi-year health accord." The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright.

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BY CARL MEYER

June 3, 2016

New medical technologies are here and ready to be adopted en masse by Canadians, but the marketplace is too fragmented and access too uneven for that to happen right away, said several speakers at an Ottawa forum on seniors.

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