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The lottery of overpriced drugs

Zac, a little boy from Repentigny, has received the most expensive treatment in the world – a gene therapy that sold for nearly 3 million dollars. More and more treatments are costing a fortune, and the government fears ruin. Who in Quebec will be entitled to the revolutionary new treatments? Who will be deprived?

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    MEDTEQ+ Health Orbit Program: 6 Canadian companies to support astronauts and remote communities with health technology innovations

    Deep Breathe Inc, Applications MD, Momentum Health, Nura Medical, ECOGENE-21 and Myomar Molecular are the Canadian companies selected as part of the MEDTEQ+-powered Health Orbit program, which aims to support Canadian companies in the development of technologies to meet telemedicine and autonomous healthcare needs on Earth and in space.
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    A drone successfully delivers medicines over 150 km to help isolated patients

    A drone belonging to Delair, a company based in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), has made a long-distance delivery of medicines. The 150 km test flight will be used to validate its future use in Quebec to deliver medicines to isolated patients.
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    ECOGENE-21 tests drone delivery of medicines and samples in Alma

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