Industry committee  Thank you very much. It is really interesting to have this type of a panel in front of us and I really appreciate it. We just went through a manufacturing study where one of the key issues was the protection of intellectual property. I don't think there is anyone around this

Industry committee  You've never gone through that 30-day process to get to the compulsory licence, to make application.

Industry committee  You haven't gone through the process, but you're saying it takes more than 30 days.

Industry committee  I think five companies were producing the product you were talking about. When I look at them—and I can show you this if you want that—Apotex has the highest pricing of the five. In terms of the generic medicines, is that still...even though there's a variation? I think you said

Industry committee  Okay. We've mentioned several other countries besides Canada—China, India, the United States, the EU--that have medicine regimes similar to what we're experiencing. Are they experiencing the same challenges? Are they doing the same discussions as Canada is with the other countri

Industry committee  Do they have drugs moving? Have they moved any drugs either?

Industry committee  How does CAMR compare with legislation in other countries? Is ours similar?

Industry committee  Thank you. I appreciate that you came out today. It was interesting, and obviously there are sincere concerns around the table. Basically I would phrase it by asking, why hasn't a drug moved yet? This is the question that shows up on the floor. We have a number of ministries s

Industry committee  We'll take that as sort of a group answer, perhaps because we don't have the time in my five minutes. When one of you was speaking French, you mentioned that you've been working with the groups in Africa. Mr. Armstrong, you also talked about it in terms of CIDA, and that's a

Industry committee  Those are the representatives who represent their countries. If they were to make the request to Canada, are you talking to the right departments?

Industry committee  So then why aren't they asking?

Industry committee  I thought you were asking on the vote. I'm sorry.

Industry committee  There was a motion—

Industry committee  I want to talk as well about the opportunity, and maybe the missed opportunity, with regard to what the committee could be doing. If we put forward the nine recommendations or compromises to the questions that came forward the other day, as the chairman has said, nine out of twel

Industry committee  At least, I would think so, but who knows.