Feds announce first Defence Industrial Strategy-related medical countermeasures project with $75-million for Canadian Blood Services

The focus shouldn’t just be on products, but process. The government needs to make sure Canada has the ability to quickly manufacture therapeutics in response to biothreats and health emergencies, says Northern RNA’s Thomas Hansen.
Defence Minister David McGuinty, left; Stephen Fuhr, secretary of state for defence procurement, centre; and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly are the lead cabinet members guiding the implementation of the Defence Industrial Strategy.

With a $75-million investment to Canadian Blood Services to increase domestic blood and plasma supplies for health emergencies, the federal Liberals have provided a first look at their plans to bolster Canada’s medical countermeasures, which were classified as a “soverei...

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