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The Conversation on Health The Conversation on Health is happening now and continues until fall 2007. Panel to list federal labs facing transfer A four-member panel has been appointed to review federal non-regulatory research laboratories with an eye to transferring some to universities or private-sector research facilities. Study shows most parents want provincially-funded HPV vaccine right away - Fight against cervical cancer marked by important milestones A new study, conducted by Ipsos Reid among 3,686 parents of teenage girls in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, shows that 77 per cent of respondents are "strongly in favour" of the Federal Government's decision to make funds available to the provinces for free, school-based HPV vaccination programs. Conference reminds Premiers that access to health must be their priority Nurses and health stakeholders from across the country gathered on August 8 in Moncton for a national conference on health care hosted by the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions. Clement urges competitive drug pricing Tony Clement, the federal Health Minister, has waded into the long-standing feud between generic and brand-name drug industries, complaining that an “oligopoly” propped up by the provinces has given Canada some of the highest generic medicine prices in the world. Generic drug prices skyrocketing in Canada Government policies have driven up prices of generic prescription drugs so dramatically that they are more expensive than their U.S. counterparts, a study showed yesterday. Drugs for rare cancer okayed The provincial government has approved coverage for two new drugs to treat patients with advanced kidney and gastrointestinal tumours, Health Minister George Abbott said Tuesday |
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