Twenty years ago this week, on October 5, 2006, the federal government amended Canada's Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations. SOR/2006-242 tightened Canada's pharmaceutical patent-li...

Plus de 550 médecins québécois demandent aux politiciens de s’abstenir de tenir l’immigration responsable des failles chroniques de nos services publics. Sans la contribution des immigrants et des dem...

With the health file not a priority for this government, the question becomes how will Health Minister Marjorie Michel and Canadians ensure that health system needs ‘are still cutting through the nois...

On the Personal & Political in Wellness Culture

Cuba has criticised U.S. restrictions, claiming sanctions are limiting access to medicines, medical supplies and materials needed for.....

Prime Minister Mark Carney explained why the government chose not to sign a trade deal with American counterparts as U.S. President Donald Trump's 50 per cent tariffs on almost $30 billion of Canadian...

Since late 2010, the public slowly became aware of a shortage of prescription drugs. This is a global problem, and Canada is affected because almost all of our drugs are made in other countries. Most but not all the missing drugs are generics, older, and less expensive because their patents have expired.

Ciego de Ávila hits rock bottom in the medication crisis: the healthcare network is functioning stably with only 10% of the essential drug list. There is a shortage of 457 medications, and 47 out of t...

Without a strong idea-generation apparatus and a way to feed those ideas into domestic firms, Canada will remain dependent on foreign actors

In their retelling of the COVID story, the doctor was the bad guy, the vaccines were deadly, and Trump did everything right.

Canadians who care about public health care should ask: What are the limits of medicare?

Alberta’s highest court has barred a former Edmonton physician from launching an appeal against court-ordered sanctions that prohibit him from practising medicine or implying he’s licensed to care for...

‘No one should pay out of pocket to see a family doctor,’ she guaranteed. Albertans were suckered.

The appearance of the asylum as a form of institutionalized psychiatric care is a major theme within the history of psychiatry. Ranging from private asylum

Un nouveau livre, cosigné par la professeure Julie Talbot, propose une réflexion sur l’Anthropocène.

Latest trade measure intended to push companies towards manufacturing medications in the US

The Drug Administration Department (Ministry of Health) has recently sent a document to the Departments of Health of provinces and centrally-administered cities; hospitals and institutes with inpatien...

Histoire de la médecine de Jacalyn Duffin est un ouvrage phare pour comprendre l'histoire de la maladie, de la guérison, et des professions de la santé qui y sont impliquées. Privilégiant les concepts...

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