Mar 08 R7 Launches a Partnership in Health Research & Innovation
OTTAWA, March 8, 2012 /CNW/ - Canada's leading national health research
and innovation organizations have come together to form Research 7 (R7), an unprecedented partnership to work with Canadian governments to
tackle our biggest health and health care challenges and secure Canada's place as a global leader in health
innovation.
The federal government's science and technology strategy, the Council of
Canadian Academies and the Science, Technology and Innovation Council
(STIC) have identified Canada's Health and Life Sciences sector as an
engine for economic growth and long-term prosperity that can close the
innovation gap with our traditional competitors and emerging economies.
The recent Jenkins' report, Innovation Canada: A Call to Action, called for Canada to take "a fundamentally new approach to building
public-private research collaborations in areas of strategic importance
and opportunity for the economy." The report also called for a "whole
lot of government leadership".
R7 is united in the view that the development of strategic partnerships
has never been more important. There is ample opportunity for greater
collaboration among all stakeholders dedicated to improving the health
and wealth of Canadians in tackling the most challenging health and
innovation issues facing our nation and citizens in the 21st Century.
The unique value of R7 is that it represents the broad continuum of
health research, innovation, knowledge translation and
commercialization speaking with one voice. The public sector, the
research hospitals and academic regional health authorities, academic
medicine, private and charitable sectors are now better placed than
ever to work together and share responsibility for tackling some of the
most pressing health challenges. The R7 includes:
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Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations (ACAHO) - represents Research Hospitals, academic Regional Health Authorities
(RHAs) and their Research Institutes;
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Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) - represents Canada's 17 faculties of medicine;
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BIOTECanada represents more than 250 member companies with operations in all aspects
of biotechnology innovation and commercialization;
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Health Charities Coalition of Canada (HCCC) - represents 28 national health charities;
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MEDEC - represents Canada's Medical device technology companies;
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Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx &D);
- Research Canada: An Alliance for Health Discovery - represents the interests of Canadians through a multi-stakeholder alliance drawn from the academic, private and voluntary sectors.
R7 is developing options for governments and others to consider in the belief that they might help attract the best research minds, accelerate knowledge creation and its application, improve the performance of the health system and contribute to sustained economic prosperity. R7 has identified three over-arching priorities and, through them, will be reviewing the upcoming federal budget:
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Building Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships within the federal government as well as inter-government mechanisms
for collaborative decision making and consultation.
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Creating a World-Leading Environment for Health Innovation by modernizing the heath regulatory approval process, adopting
world-class intellectual property policies and creating tax incentives
to stimulate health research, innovation and commercialization.
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Investing in Knowledge Creation & its Application by developing sustainable funding models for Canadian health
researchers and research organizations.
The R7 partnership is committed to lay a foundation for robust public policy discussion about Canada's science and technology future-one that is built on bold strategic thinking and forward-looking options.
For further information: Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations (ACAHO):Beatrice Keleher-Raffoul
613-730-5818 ext 323
raffoul@acaho.org
Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC):
Irving Gold
613 730 0687 ext. 236
igold@afmc.ca
BIOTECanada:
Nadine Lunt
(613) 230 5585 ext 257
Nadine.lunt@biotech.ca
Health Charities Coalition of Canada (HCCC):
Deirdre Freiheit
613-425-0213
dfreiheit@healthcharities.ca
MEDEC:
Haide Hall in communications
hhall@medec.org
416-620-1915 x 227
Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D):
Christine Choury
613-863-2120
cchoury@canadapharma.org
Research Canada:
Ranjana Chopra
613-234-5129
rchopra@rc-rc.ca
Comments: 1
dan@ottawalife.com
Mar 29
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