Healthcare

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Market Insights

Seeing the upside in downward drug pricing

Here are two ways healthcare names can beat downward pricing pressure

By Sarah Cunningham-Scharf |May 30, 2017

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Economic Indicators

Alternate Health enters cannabis partnership for spring production

Vancouver’s Alternate Health expects to close its 30-year joint venture agreement with Alturas Native Band in early February 2017. The agreement supports the development, production, research and extraction of cannabidiols (CBDs) to create medicinal products in a production facility in California. Read: Echelon Wealth to advise medical cannabis producer The new facility will allow Alternate […]

By Staff |January 26, 2017

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Economic Indicators

Canada bucks trend with 7% climb in VC deals

When it comes to the deal activity of companies backed by venture capital (VC), Canada bucks global declines. In 2016, VC-backed company deals rose 7% in 2016 to 266 deals, reveals a report from PwC Canada and CB Insights. Total dollars invested were US$1.7 billion, which roughly matches 2015’s figure. Both trends contrast significantly with […]

By Staff |January 25, 2017

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Industry

Why a tax on private healthcare plans would be negative: coalition

The Independent Financial Brokers of Canada has joined forces with a coalition of associations that's campaign against a possible federal tax on private healthcare plans.

January 24, 2017

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