If government strategy isn’t coherent, it’s a complete waste of money

More must be done to equip biotech in Quebec, especially in supporting the growth of small players, so they don’t have to accept a foreign takeover for lack of capital access.
Bloc MP Gabriel Ste-Marie says Quebec is ready to replicate in the biotech sector what the province achieved in the early 1990s with the pharmaceutical industry: becoming a world-class hub.
When it comes to science and technology, government involvement is key. Let’s take the pharmaceutical industry as an example. From 1969 to 1987, the mandatory licensing regime offered little patent protection, driving up the production of generics in Ontario. Ontario was pleased with this policy ...

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