Stem cell research in Canada: Business opportunities for U.S. companies

Journal of BioLaw and Business

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-64

  Reicin, Cheryl ^a,b   McMahon, Eileen ^c  

^a Toronto Office of Torys LLP   (Canada)

^b Technology and Life Sciences Group

^c Torys Toronto Office   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW; STEM CELL; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLONING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EMBRYO RESEARCH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY;

ANIMALIA;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

CANADA; CLONING, ORGANISM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMBRYO RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC POLICY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RESEARCH SUPPORT; STEM CELLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645761404     PISSN: 10955127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (24)

1. See, e.g., comments made in 2002 by the Canadian Institute of Health Research on the need for clear guidelines in this area at that time, www.cihrirsc.gc.ca/e/1487.html.
2. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004, Pub. L. No. 108-199, 118 Stat. 3.
3. "Need Stem Cells? We Got 'Em": Wired News, www.wired.com/news/ medtech/0,12S6,62513,00.html.
4. "Facts on Stem Cells," WashingtonPost.com, www.washingtonpost. com/wpdyn/articles/A25071-2004Aug22.html.
5. See, e.g., "New Stem Cell Lines Available": USA Today, www.usatoday.com/news/science/2004-03-03-stemcell-usat_x.htm;
6. "From the Laboratory to the Patient," Harvard University Gazette, www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/04.22/99-StemOver.html
7. "Canadian Parliament Approves the "Assisted Human Reproduction Act," a Model of Responsible Policy," Center for Genetics and Society, www.genetics-and-society.org/policies/other/canada.html.
8. Andrews, Lori B., J.D., "Legislators as Lobbyists: Proposed State Regulation of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Therapeutic Cloning and Reproductive Cloning," commissioned, for the President's Council on Bioethics www.bioethics.gov/reports/stemcell/appendix_e.html. See, e.g., the Human Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Research Protection Act of 2003, which has now been referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. S.C. 2004, c. 2.
12. Health Canada, www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/media/releases/2004/2004_10bk3. htm.
13. Health Canada, www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/media/releases/2004/2004_10bk1. htm.
14. Supra note 10, at s. 40(2).
15. Ibid, at ss. 5(1)(b) and 10(2).
16. Ibid, at s. 8. At the time of writing, s. 8 of the ACR Act had not yet come into force.
17. Ibid, at s. 7(2).
18. Health Canada, Biologics and Genetic Therapies Directorate, www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpfb-dgpsa/bgtd-dpbtg/index_e.html.
19. Supra note 10 at s. 5(1)(b).
20. "Notice to Stakeholders - Regulatory Framework for the Safety of Cells, Tissues and Organs for Transplantation," August 18, 2004, Health Canada, www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpfb-dgpsa/bgtd-dpbtg/cto_letter_to_stakeholders_e.html.
21. Kote that CIHR guidelines apply only to public institutions and are not applicable to privately funded research. For the complete text of the guidelines, see www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/1487.html
22. Stem Cell Network, www.stemcellnetwork.ca/guide/focus.php?id=191.
23. "Canada a "Great Environment" for Science," Stem Cell Network, www.stemcellnetwork.ca/news/articles.php?id=544.
24. See Stem Cell Network, at www.stemcellnetwork.ca/index_en.php.