Drugs Archives

Ottawa needs to reset its relationship with drug developers

by Nigel Rawson | May 7, 2022 | FREE content, Health, Politics | 0

NIGEL RAWSON and JOHN ADAMS: Canadians need their federal and provincial politicians to encourage access to these medicines, not create impediments to access

We must address the growing crisis of opioid-related deaths

by Roslyn Kunin | Dec 19, 2021 | Eye on BC, Health, Politics, PREMIUM content | 0

ROSLYN KUNIN: Since drug users are going to keep on using, a more immediate route to saving lives is to ensure the drugs are clean and safe ($)

The new drug-price reform not what the doctor ordered

by Krystle Wittevrongel | Dec 2, 2021 | FREE content, Health, Politics | 0

KRYSTLE WITTEVRONGEL and MARIA LILY SHAW: A highly-contested drug-price reform is set to come into effect in Canada in January 2022 and critics are demanding a major overhaul (FREE)

Let’s have permanently quicker drug approvals

by Maria Lily Shaw | Jun 28, 2021 | Business, FREE content, Health, Politics, Science | 0

MARIA LILY SHAW and KRYSTLE WITTLEVRONGEL: Of all new drug submissions filed between 2015 and 2019, only 33 per cent received a response within the target timeline (FREE)

Bright future for cannabis as perspectives shift

by Sylvain Charlebois | Jun 23, 2021 | Business, FREE content, Life | 0

SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: It will be interesting to see how the market evolves and how Canadians will (or won’t) embrace cannabis in a post-pandemic economy (FREE)

Canada’s drug screening process falls dangerously short

by Lee Harding | May 24, 2021 | FREE content, Health, Politics | 0

LEE HARDING: A cure should never be worse than the disease and when regulators don’t do due diligence, that’s the very thing that can happen (FREE)

National pharmacare will be very expensive and likely unnecessary

by Bacchus Barua | Sep 22, 2020 | FREE content, Health, Politics | 0

BACCHUS BARUA: The Trudeau government must exercise prudence and target assistance to Canadians with the greatest need

More than 100 toxic chemicals found in cannabis smoke

by Special to Troy Media | Jun 28, 2020 | FREE content, Health, Science | 0

HEALTH: Typical joint contains nearly 2,600 chemicals, including some linked with cancer, genetic mutation and birth defects: U of A study (FREE membership content)