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Regulating Medical Assistance in Dying: A Comparison of the U.S. and Canada

Bill of Health

In 2016, the Parliament of Canada passed a federal law enabling eligible Canadian adults to request MAID. The federal government did not challenge this decision and instead amended the law in 2021 to expand access to MAID to individuals whose deaths are not reasonably foreseeable. can yield important learnings for both countries.

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The Most Relevant Companies in Health Care – Learning From the W2O Group

Health Populi

Five years ago, in 2016, the W2O Group said that, “Relevance is reputation.” Taken together, my trend-weave opens the over-arching umbrella of ESG goals – for Environmental, Social, and Governance pillars have become strategic and impactful talking points in C-suites across all industry sectors.

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Q&A with PFC Director of Global Health and Rights Project, Alicia Ely Yamin

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I’ve been privileged to be able to work not only with non-governmental and grass-roots organizations but also with national governments and courts, as well as with UN bodies. I am so grateful to PFC and the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) for supporting new stream of interdisciplinary work on evolving governance in global health.

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

federal government’s oversight wheels began to grind into a different gear, signaling that they did not like that a Chinese firm was gaining such access to U.S. Following a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the government mandated that iCarbonX divest its ownership in PLM. But the U.S.

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The Remarkable Rise of Pharma’s Reputation in the Pandemic

Health Populi

The fact that the accelerated vaccine development story made the cover photo in “The Good Business Issue” is emblematic of the growing civic and business consciousness of ESG principles — for environmental, societal, and governance pillars for responsible investment.

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