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Ontario Launches Health Innovation Pathway To Advance Health Technology And Patient Care

In an effort to improve patient outcomes and increase efficiency within Ontario's healthcare system, the provincial government has launched a new initiative: the Health Innovation Pathway (the "HIP").

Canada Healthcare

GL

Goodmans LLP

Legal Readiness For Food Producers : Navigating Wittington Investments' C$100M Fund

Wittington Investments, the Weston family's holding company, recently announced a C$100 million fund to support Canadian food producers.

Canada Healthcare

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Confronting Racial Bias In Canadian Healthcare

IN THE US, Black patients are more likely than Caucasians to have an above-the-knee amputation when undergoing surgery to remove that limb.

Canada Healthcare

GP

Gluckstein Lawyers

Key Changes To PEI's Powers Of Attorney And Personal Directives

Substitute decision-making is what happens when a person is appointed by an individual (or by a court) to make or assist with decisions for that individual. Clients typically anticipate that this type of planning...

Canada Healthcare

CP

Cox & Palmer

British Columbia Introduces Vaping Cost Recovery Legislation (Bill 24)

Canada Healthcare

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Regulatory Pitfalls And How To Avoid Them

Canada Healthcare

ML

McKercher LLP

Fetal Heart Monitoring

Canada Healthcare

HS

Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP

Growing Protection For Plant Varieties: Changes Coming To Canada's Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations

Canada Healthcare

TL

Torys LLP

October 2025 Rosen Sunshine Newsletter

Canada Healthcare

RS

Rosen Sunshine LLP

Close Cull: SCC Stays Cull Of Ostrich Farm Exposed To Avian Flu

Canada Healthcare

C

Cassels

Medical Devices Updates: New Health Canada Guidance For Determining Medical Device Application Type And Medical Devices Directorate Performance Reports Released

Canada Healthcare

SB

Smart & Biggar

Health Canada And The Public Health Agency Of Canada Report On Red Tape Reduction Measures

Canada Healthcare

GW

Gowling WLG

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-18 Le Bulletin d'actualités législatives

Canada Healthcare

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Removal Of Regulatory Exemptions May Expand Food Additives Class, Create Uncertainty.

Canada Healthcare

GW

Gowling WLG

Landmark RCMP Seizure Of Over $56 Million In Cryptocurrency From TradeOgre

Canada Technology

WL

WeirFoulds LLP

Navigating Climate Challenge: Key Themes For Business At New York Climate Week

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

AI And Copyright - Training AI With Copyrighted Material (Podcast)

Canada Technology

F

Fasken

AI And Copyright - Who Owns AI-generated Content? (Podcast)

Canada Technology

F

Fasken

The New Reality: Navigating Rising IRCC Refusal Rates In 2025

Canada Immigration

S

Sobirovs Law Firm

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Food and Drugs Law

Legal Readiness For Food Producers : Navigating Wittington Investments' C$100M Fund

Wittington Investments, the Weston family's holding company, recently announced a C$100 million fund to support Canadian food producers.

Canada Healthcare

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

British Columbia Introduces Vaping Cost Recovery Legislation (Bill 24)

British Columbia has introduced new cost recovery legislation: Bill 24, the Vaping Product Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act (the "Vaping Cost Recovery Act").

Canada Healthcare

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Growing Protection For Plant Varieties: Changes Coming To Canada's Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) published proposed amendments to the Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations (PBR Regulations), initiating a public consultation period that will close on October 18, 2025.

Canada Healthcare

TL

Torys LLP

PM(NOC) Regulations: Eighth-year Anniversary Of Major Amendments

SB

Smart & Biggar

Close Cull: SCC Stays Cull Of Ostrich Farm Exposed To Avian Flu

Canada Healthcare

C

Cassels

Medical Devices Updates: New Health Canada Guidance For Determining Medical Device Application Type And Medical Devices Directorate Performance Reports Released

Canada Healthcare

SB

Smart & Biggar

OTC Brand Names: Balancing Consumer Appeal And Legal Risk

ML

McMillan LLP

Health Canada And The Public Health Agency Of Canada Report On Red Tape Reduction Measures

Canada Healthcare

GW

Gowling WLG

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-18 Le Bulletin d'actualités législatives

Canada Healthcare

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

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Life Sciences, Biotechnology & Nanotechnology

Ontario Launches Health Innovation Pathway To Advance Health Technology And Patient Care

In an effort to improve patient outcomes and increase efficiency within Ontario's healthcare system, the provincial government has launched a new initiative: the Health Innovation Pathway (the "HIP").

Canada Healthcare

GL

Goodmans LLP

Growing Protection For Plant Varieties: Changes Coming To Canada's Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) published proposed amendments to the Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations (PBR Regulations), initiating a public consultation period that will close on October 18, 2025.

Canada Healthcare

TL

Torys LLP

Medical Devices Updates: New Health Canada Guidance For Determining Medical Device Application Type And Medical Devices Directorate Performance Reports Released

As we previously reported, Health Canada completed consultation on its draft guidance for determining medical device application type.

Canada Healthcare

SB

Smart & Biggar

Health Canada And The Public Health Agency Of Canada Report On Red Tape Reduction Measures

Canada Healthcare

GW

Gowling WLG

Can I Sue A Doctor Or Nurse?

Canada Healthcare

HS

Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP

A New Era: Health Canada Signals Modernization In Policy And Regulatory Reform

Canada Healthcare

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Health Canada's Product Safety Pledge: A Model Product Safety Framework For Consumer Products And Cosmetics

Canada Healthcare

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Canada's Plan Of Priorities Includes Several Nanoscale Materials

Canada Healthcare

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Federal Court Of Appeal Confirms Generic Not Required To Address Patent Submitted Before ANDS Filing But Listed After

SB

Smart & Biggar

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Healthcare

Ontario Launches Health Innovation Pathway To Advance Health Technology And Patient Care

In an effort to improve patient outcomes and increase efficiency within Ontario's healthcare system, the provincial government has launched a new initiative: the Health Innovation Pathway (the "HIP").

Canada Healthcare

GL

Goodmans LLP

You Decide: Advance Requests And Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID)

The role of the estate planning lawyer has greatly expanded over the last three decades with the advent in the 1990s in Ontario of modern legislation dealing with substitute decision-making...

OE

O'Sullivan Estate Lawyers LLP

Confronting Racial Bias In Canadian Healthcare

IN THE US, Black patients are more likely than Caucasians to have an above-the-knee amputation when undergoing surgery to remove that limb.

Canada Healthcare

GP

Gluckstein Lawyers

Key Changes To PEI's Powers Of Attorney And Personal Directives

Canada Healthcare

CP

Cox & Palmer

British Columbia Introduces Vaping Cost Recovery Legislation (Bill 24)

Canada Healthcare

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Regulatory Pitfalls And How To Avoid Them

Canada Healthcare

ML

McKercher LLP

Fetal Heart Monitoring

Canada Healthcare

HS

Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP

Professional Boundaries Matter: Lessons From A Recent Disciplinary Decision

Canada Employment

RS

Rosen Sunshine LLP

Can I Sue For PTSD Or Mental Trauma After An Accident In Ontario?

Canada Litigation

MO

McLeish Orlando LLP

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Latest Videos

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CPD-Accredited: Rethinking Compassion Fatigue: Trauma-Informed Strategies For Professionals (Part 2) (Video)

GP

Gluckstein Lawyers

Bothwell V. London Health Sciences Centre, 2023 ONCA 323; Mental Health Injury Update (Video)

SB

SBA Lawyers LLP

What's Next For Ontario's Public Health Care? (Video)

F

Fasken

The Legal Steps To Startups: Health & Life Science (Video)

PM

Parlee McLaws

How To Protect Ideas In The Booming Life Sciences Sector (Video)

GW

Gowling WLG

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