5-minute read
The State of Tobacco Policy in Canada: The Case of Plain Packaging
In Canada, tobacco is one of the most regulated and controlled industries, and smoking, because it is hazardous to one’s health, is one of the most heavily regulated behaviours. It thus provides a good example of how far risky behaviour is being regulated and taxed in Canada. The case of tobacco may also hint at how government might next regulate and tax other industries like alcohol, fast food, and sugary beverages.
9-minute read
Où tracer la ligne d’un «choix de société» qui va trop loin?
The debate over plain packaging in Canada.
6-minute read
Accès aux médicaments: les Nations unies empruntent un dangereux raccourci
Poor countries' access to medicines.
4-minute read
Private Options Could Only Make Canadian Health Care Better
Health care reforms.
5-minute read
Arrêtez de fouiller dans mon assiette !
The regulations to limit the presence of fast food restaurants.
4-minute read
National Pharmacare Is The Opposite Of What Canada Needs
The development of new drugs allows patients to lead longer, healthier lives and leads to savings elsewhere in the health care system.
3-minute read
Pharma innovation worth the cost
The development of new drugs and its impact.
5-minute read
The Benefits of Pharmaceutical Innovation: Health, Longevity, and Savings
Although the costs of new pharmaceuticals are often the subject of critical media coverage, they are rarely juxtaposed with the benefits that these new drugs bring. Among other things, new research presented in this Research Paper investigates the impact that pharmaceutical innovation had on utilization of hospital care by cancer patients in Canada from 1995 to 2012.
6-minute read
L’innovation pharmaceutique est bénéfique pour les patients comme pour les finances publiques
The development of new drugs and its impact.
5-minute read
Le patient peut-il avoir son mot à dire?
Doctorless clinics.