CMAJ 2014 South Africa Ground Zero for Reforming Drug Patents
Is the Canadian Prime Minister’s billion dollar initiative for maternal, newborn, and child health failing to meet the standards it has urged on the rest of the world?
News that an international team of investigators has found the flu drug Tamiflu of little medical use — despite billions spent stockpiling it in B.C. and around the world — comes as bittersweet vindication …
A new review of Health Canada’s safety standards for radiofrequency devices, including Wi-Fi and cellphones, is deeply flawed due to the authors’ conflicts of interest and lack of expertise, say …
In a sign that international concern about infectious diseases is attracting attention in military circles, the United States government has launched the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), a multinational effort …
Four drug policy groups monitoring international negotiations underway on reforms to United Nations drug control policies say Canada has joined ranks with China, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan and Russia in aggressively …
New restrictions on the use of antibiotics on farm animals in both the United States and Canada may help mitigate risks to human health due to antibiotic resistance. However serious …
Linus Sandegren’s hunt for new antibiotic drugs started with a shock. As a drug researcher in Uppsala, a small city in southern den, Sandegren witnessed Europe’s first outbreak of spectrum …
The release of a study on congenital birth defects in Iraq has been met with controversy, with some experts questioning its methodology and peer review. WHO officials have stepped in …