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Tag Archives: Richard Owens

The U.S. outsources control of drug prices to Canada: weird! Richard Owens in the Financial Post

Having us do the dirty work of price controls on the U.S.'s behalf is bizarre and pathetic — and dangerous, writes Richard Owens...

 

February 11, 2021 at 4:22 pm read more

Seizing pharma profits kills pharma investment: Richard Owens in the Financial Post

It’s time, well past time, for government to get out of the way of innovation and put the health and well-being of Canadians...

 

December 4, 2020 at 3:29 pm read more

COVID's two new solitudes: Richard Owens in the Financial Post

By creating lockdowns and limiting economic and personal freedoms the public sector optimizes its own affairs at our expense, writes Richard Owens in...

 

November 6, 2020 at 3:43 pm read more

GTIPA Virtual Summit 2020

On October 29, the Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance will be holding a summit bringing together alliance members and experts from around...

 

October 23, 2020 at 2:33 pm read more

The Throne Speech we’d like to see: 13 big ideas for Parliament’s next session

With a historic Throne Speech coming on Sept. 23, the government has many challenges to face with the current pandemic and economic crisis,...

 

September 22, 2020 at 1:34 am read more

Drug prices can go too low: Richard C. Owens in the Financial Post

By determinedly reducing revenues Canada not only ensures the unavailability of existing medications, it sees to it that far fewer new ones will...

 

July 31, 2020 at 7:14 pm read more

MLI experts available to comment on delay to federal drug price reduction scheme

OTTAWA, ON (June 2, 2020): Changes to the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) have been delayed until January 2021 and a new...

 

June 2, 2020 at 5:00 pm read more

Our drug discovery system seems broken: Richard Owens in the Financial Post

Now more than ever, we should want drug companies to be able to charge high prices, writes Richard Owens in the Financial Post. Below...

 

May 5, 2020 at 6:56 pm read more

The court backs creators, not universities: Richard Owens in the Financial Post

Universities have relied on 'fair dealing' provisions to photocopy mountains of material and distribute them to students, writes Richard Owens.  By Richard Owens,...

 

April 30, 2020 at 6:52 pm read more

Google should start playing nice with the news media: Richard Owens in The National Post

The internet is far better off with authoritative, factual sources of reference, such as are provided by professional, fact-checking newspapers. Google’s news service...

 

April 28, 2020 at 3:54 pm read more
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