Investing in a Health Research and Innovation Ecosystem Strategy: Submission to the Pre-Budget Consu

Investment in the digitalization of our health system that facilitates and encourages public engagement in the discourse surrounding health, research and innovation INTRODUCTION On behalf of Research Canada: An Alliance for Health Discovery, we thank the Government of Canada for its leadership through the COVID-19 pandemic, including recent investments in key areas of health research and health in. [...] Research Canada: An Alliance for Health Discovery 1 The pandemic has shown that our health THE HEALTH RESEARCH AND INNOVATION research and innovation ecosystem is capable of ECOSYSTEM IS: Canada’s network of remarkable speed, productivity and impact when postsecondary institutions, research we work collaboratively towards a common goal. [...] Bold and transformative, versus incremental, change is required through the deliberate alignment of government priorities, policies, programs and investments across ministries to maximize the impact and potential of the health research and innovation ecosystem for all people living in Canada. [...] As health research partners and leading representatives for the patient voice, the challenges that health charities continue to face in the recovery phase threaten to compromise the public legitimacy and relevance of our research ecosystem. [...] Health and biosciences sector: The biopharmaceutical, biotech and medical devices industries contribute to basic and applied biomedical research at universities and institutes; help AHSCs drive drug discovery and enhance clinical services to improve patient outcomes; boost the success of homegrown Canadian enterprises by fuelling the innovation pipeline; and are an important developer of Canadian.