Hi Wynn, I don't know about the approach of restricting profits but I do know
the Canadian mkt does not pay as much for drugs as the US mkt does. I also
know that regulatory cost is pretty much the same in both countries so return
on investment can be far higher in US (for example). Has the same effect as an
outright profit restriction would....Jim Sent from my Samsung device over
Bell's LTE network.
-------- Original message --------
From: Wynn Payne <wynn.payne@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 07-02-2021 13:41 (GMT-05:00)
To: Delta Sig master list <dsp-ea-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Astro Zeneca Vaccine
It's good to get your input on this. My understanding is the Canadian
government ( at the time) told the drug companies that they couldn't take large
profits from drugs manufactured in Canada. The result is the companies went
elsewhere so they could produce more profitably. Now we don't have the
manufacturing capabilities as it has gone off shore.Is this valid?Wynn On Sun,
Feb 7, 2021 at 11:22 AM akfarmilo2 <akfarmilo2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Good Sunday Larry and Bob and allInteresting interview. The history of Canada
becoming completely dependent on others for our "value added" (read costly)
goods is a sad one. I think this is driven by a perception of a small market,
supposed efficiencies of scale in larger markets and compounded by low risk
tolerance in investing and lack of Canafian based venture capital. We have as
a culture discounted Canadian ingenuity and creativity to the extent that few
people who are able are prepared to support early stage translation of ideas
into the commercial world. There are enough notable and brilliant Canadian
successes to demonstrate that it can be done. We need to believe in
ourselves.Vaccine production is an example that has been driven to the
forefront. Vaccine production for the Canadian market alone is probably not
normally sustainable, but creating a Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO)
to produce RNA therapies in general would be a very good bet to succeed.
First, they would be selling services to a globsl market which is seeking
reliable alternate suppliers minimally sensitive to global politicsl vagaries.
Canada has the global reputation that would support our role. Second, vaccines
are only the thin edge of the wedge when it comes to RNA therapies.
Conceivably any disease in which a protein is missing, defective, over- or
under-produced could potentially be targeted by RNA therapy. Think diabetes or
breast cancer as examples. There are other novel RNA therapies for similar
diseases now at or approaching regulatory approvals. Conflict of interest
statement: I am working to build a company with a novel way of making RNA
therapies more stable. I am quite passionate and convinced that this can be
done. Someone will do this.....I would love it to be a Canadian
success.YITBOS,JimSent from my Samsung device over Bell's LTE network.--------
Original message --------From: Bob Thomlinson <bthomlinson@xxxxxxxxx> Date:
07-02-2021 11:08 (GMT-05:00) To: DSP-EA-General@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE:
Astro Zeneca Vaccine Larry, I finally had the time to watch your Sir John Bell
interview video and yes, it was interesting. Too bad the interviewer kept
trying to get Bell to say that Canada had screwed up. It gets tiring hearing
the media constantly trying to play Wack-a-Mole and find fault with every
decision made in the past that didn’t work out as expected. Even though the
interviewer didn’t ask what we should be doing going forward, Bell gave an
opinion that seems to align with the current efforts to manufacture at home.
Thanks for this,Bob T From: Wynn Payne <wynn.payne@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: February
4, 2021 11:24 AMSubject: Fwd: Astro Zeneca Vaccine ---------- Forwarded message
---------From: Larry Kolmatycki <lkolmatycki@xxxxxxxxxxx>Date: Thu, Feb 4, 2021
at 9:15 AMSubject: Astro Zeneca VaccineTo: traveler1031@xxxxxxxxxxx
<traveler1031@xxxxxxxxxxx> Hello, I received this from a friend. It is CTV
interview with Sir John Bell of Oxford University in England. He is a graduate
of the U of A (1975). He was instrumental in the development of Astro Zeneca.
He describes the United Kingdom’s situation and it raises many questions about
what we are doing. https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2130105Larry
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