Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 15, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free february 1968 Bill gets commons Okay Amend Merit fee the Patent act and the Trade Marks act aimed a slicing drug profits said to run As High As per cent won approval in principle in the com Mons the Large Patent owners have Only themselves to blame for this said Liber Al my Jean Richard Ottawa a Patent they have consistently re fused licences to reliable Small firms while at the same time willingly licensing some of their Large competitors so As to re strict the Market and control Richard said this area should be investigated in greater depth by the Federal combines the profit Fig ure was mentioned Early in the three Day debate by William Howe the Canadian chemical producers sent a Telegram to prime minis Ter Pearson saying it is shocked by the patents the Telegram said the Princi Ples of the legislation can Only Lead us to the conclusion that the Industrial environment in our country is deteriorating to the Point where it is no longer conducive to the development of highly skilled the amendments Cut to five from 17 years the life of a drug after five years others could apply for a licence to manufacture the consumer affairs minister Turner said the idea is to open Price rather than promotional maps were told that 30 cents of every 1 canadians spend on drugs now goes for he added that about 55 manufacturers operating in Canada would still have a comfortable years to build a Market for their then royalties from other firms Licensee to Market plus a 15percent mos favored nation Richard suggested in the Bill is too soft and May not bring about the desired retail Price he was also against appeals to the exchequer court of can Richard said such appeals nearly always follow Deci Sious by the commissioner and he Cost is Richard also said that the most important Protection to Brand name firms would re main the Trade Mark under which they sold their reduction of prices would re main within the Power of the nobody knew Bow much such reductions May men supported the Bill and castigated the drug conservative maps led by b Rynard Simcoe East attacked the Bill As confiscatory and danger to present drug stand Turner replied that the companies would continue to while new democrats and social credit spokes Genser named to arts Board state Secretary Judy Lamarsh has announced the appointment of Esther Genser of Winnipeg to the Board of trustees the National arts Genser is a graduate in science of the University of Mani she has served on the Board of directors of the Winnipeg sym the Manitoba Centennial corporation and the program development committee for festival in 1965 she was named Winnipeg Romanof theyer for her efforts on behalf of Community welfare she will Complete the term of David also of Winni who resigned following his appointment to the Canadian Ransport enjoy Hedges like the five Yea Patent Protection period and that the food and drug director ate was being beefed up Anc was Well Able to see that stand Ards were he rejected arguments tha the legislation will kill drug re search in Canada and will leave the country reliant on foreign Turner said drug mostly foreign do Little research in can Ada and 85 per cent of Fine chemicals were imported now for conversion Here into pills or Rynard said that by Cut Ting the Protection period to five the government might Force manufacturers to raise she Price of drugs to pay for research costs in the Shorter we might we be increasing he Cost of lifesaving drugs to the Canadian during the three Day Job reals and nip members re erred to the Hall Royal commis Sion report on health services and to a special commons com Mittee on drug prices to support arguments for the the commons goes on today b clause clause study of in ome tax act re Hulting from finance minister Sharps 30 it will return to the patents Bill at a later woman jolts Las Victoria up the protesting president of a Vancouver Parent teachers 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