Biotech industry leading the charge to find vaccines and treatments for COVID-19

The Canadian biotech sector should rest assured that our government not only recognizes the critical role it plays in our economy, but that we will continue to look for opportunities to help further develop this vital domestic industry.

Two weeks ago, Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, along with the prime minsiter, not pictured, announced an investment of $126-million for a new bio-manufacturing facility at the National Research Council’s Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre in Montreal.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LIBERAL MP ALI EHSASSI

September 14, 2020

Canada’s economy, including Canadian biotech, has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Disruptions to employment and supply chains have had significant impacts on workers and their families, and have created barriers to growth at a time when innovation and research is critical. In the face of t...

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