Minister Duncan announces new network to strengthen personalized medicine for Canadians: The Precision Medicine Policy Network
Press release (English) (French)
Network PIs Christopher McCabe (Paceomics PI, University of Alberta) and Francois Rousseau (Université Laval) talk about the goals & approach of the new Network. (podcast)
CHEO and Transgenomic reach agreement on Long QT patents that sets pathway for next generation of patient care
Professor Richard Gold, who leads the Intellectual Asset Management stream within PACEOMICS and is a James McGill Professor at McGill University’s Faculty of Law, advised the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) on policy aspects of the case.
MEDIA (selected)
CHEO reaches ‘historic’ settlement with gene patent owner (CBCNews)
Ont. hospital reaches settlement over gene patents (CTVNews)
The genetic test you couldn’t get in Canada, until now (Global News)
CHEO reaches landmark agreement to knock gene patents out of the way of healthcare (Ottawa Citizen)