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A very bookish celebration
Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me
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In Canada, a little-known drug regulator shows its teeth
May 8, 2019 – Allison Martell and Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
A tiny, little-known government agency is ramping up regulation of Canada’s pharmaceutical industry, seeking to rein in prices for patented drugs that are among the highest in the world, according to industry sources and a Reuters analysis of government data.
Exclusive: Facing crackdown in Canada, drugmakers offered billions in price cuts
February 6, 2019 – Allison Martell and Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
Canadian pharmaceutical industry lobby groups, in an effort to head off a planned crackdown on prescription drug prices, offered to give up C$8.6 billion ($6.6 billion) in revenue over 10 years, freeze prices or reduce the cost of treating rare diseases, according to interviews and documents seen by Reuters.
EXCLUSIVE-Canada budget to include limited coverage for prescription drugs -sources
January 31, 2019 –David Ljunggren and Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
Canada’s Liberal government will propose a limited expansion to the country’s universal healthcare system in the spring budget, to cover part of the cost of prescription drugs, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
The modest broadening of the healthcare program is set to become one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s key campaign promises ahead of the October election, which is shaping up to be a close fight.
The government would not commit to meeting 100 percent of the cost of prescription drugs for those who have no insurance through their workplace, the sources said. That suggests the government is leaning toward a narrower, more insurance industry-friendly model of pharmacare, as it is called, than that recommended by a government health committee last year.
A spokesman for Finance Minister Bill Morneau declined to comment.
Canadian cops charge minor with terror offense after security raids
January 25, 2019 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
The Canadian police said on Friday they had charged a minor with terror-related offences in connection with a pair of national security raids in Kingston, Ontario Thursday night.
Explainer: What happens next in Huawei CFO Meng’s case?
January 22, 2019 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it will pursue the extradition of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s [HWT.UL] Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, arrested in Canada in December on allegations she participated in a conspiracy to defraud banks.
Fearing for Saudi teen’s safety, Canada refugee agency hires guard
January 15, 2019 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
Amid threats to the safety of Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed, who was granted asylum in Canada, the Toronto agency that is helping her has hired a security guard to ensure “she is never alone” as she starts a normal life, its executive director said on Tuesday.
Coming to Canada ‘worth the risk,’ says Saudi teen refugee
January 14, 2019 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun plans to pursue an education, get a job and “live a normal life” in Canada – things she said she could not do in her home of Saudi Arabia, which she fled fearing for her life, she told Canadian media on Monday.
Trump intervention comment may be gift to Huawei CFO
December 12, 2018 – Julie Gordon, Sijia Jiang, Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, released on bail on Tuesday to await a ruling on U.S. extradition at one of her luxury Vancouver homes, may have received welcome ammunition in court from an unlikely source – President Donald Trump.
