Canadian technology budget downgrades basic science

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Many basic scientists in Canada felt excluded from the government's priorities, following plans for a new approach in helping companies compete in the international high-technology market. Called Technology Partnerships Canada, the new approach will not get additional financing, but will use loans from funds reallocated from current government programs. The plans for such a mechanism were spawned by the new budget announced in Mar. 1996 by Finance Minister Paul Martin. Under the new budget, federal funding for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. will also be cut by over 10%, thus phasing out all research not related to the Candu nuclear reactor.

Analysis, Science and technology policy, Science and state, Science policy, Technology and state, Technology policy

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Ozone treaty 'must tackle CFC smuggling.' (Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; chlorofluorocarbon smuggling)(includes related article)

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Representatives of the signatories of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer gathered in Montreal in Sep 1997 to consider the way ahead. Original signatories of the Montreal Protocol pledged, in 1987, to reduce chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) consumption by 50% within 10 years. The Protocol has been very successful, with countries achieving drastic reductions in use of CFCs and helons. The meeting will discuss issues including the smuggling of CFCs and the phasing out of methyl bromide, which is thought to cause 50 times more destruction to the ozone layer than CFCs.

Laws, regulations and rules, Ozone layer depletion, Chlorofluorocarbons

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Canadian study fuels move to limit rise in drug prices

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The study conducted by the Patented Medicine Price Review Board revealed that 56% of new drugs introduced in Canada were priced at levels higher than international average prices. This finding was revealed as clamors for amendments in pricing guidelines intensified following the Canadian parliament's move to extend patent protection. One of the amendments being proposed was the setting of price limits for new drugs at levels consistent with international medians or with products belonging to the same category.

Evaluation, Drugs, Prices and rates, Reports, Price control, Price regulations, Pharmaceutical policy

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