Bridging Canada’s life sciences gap: from world-class research to sovereign anchor companies

Government has an urgent opportunity to act so Canadian innovations can reach Canadian patients.
If Canada wants health security and sustainable economic growth, federal life sciences policy must move beyond funding discovery to supporting Canadian innovation at home, writes Elliot Fung.

Canada doesn’t have an ideas problem; we have an adoption problem. Our researchers are producing world-class health innovations, but fragmented reimbursement, weak procurement pathways, limited late-stage capital, and IP leakage too often push promising firms, talent, and ...

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