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Feds invest $887 million to ensure reliable vaccine supply for COVID-19, other pandemics

The federal government’s investment of $887 million make Canada self-sufficient in manufacturing vaccines against COVID-19 and future pandemics, say medical and other experts. Along with Canadian-led vaccine development, Ottawa is investing in a network of small-scale vaccine manufacturing facilities that together will be able to produce enough vaccine for Canada’s population during pandemics.

CDRD establishes Atlantic Research Node

Vancouver-based Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) has established the first in a proposed pan-Canadian network of research nodes with an agreement to collaborate with Dalhousie Univ and the IWK Health Centre, both in Halifax. The CDRD Atlantic Research Node will initially be focused on zebrafish models of disease and leverage the research of…