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Loblaw is also adding maple leaf symbols to products that were prepared in Canada with domestic and/or imported ingredients, said Thomas.

If the U.S. goes ahead with its tariffs, we can expect tariffs on drugs and Canada to retaliate with similar measures, warns pharmacy industry expert Bertrand Bolduc.

Expanded tariffs spell drug shortages and higher prices for Canadians.

Calgary-based Providence Therapeutics says its vaccine produced no serious adverse events and developed good antibodies against COVID-19 that "compare favourably'' with the two mRNA vaccines already on the market from Pfizer and Moderna.

Sanofi will build a new vaccine manufacturing facility in Toronto, Ontario, to increase the supply of its Fluzone High-Dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine in Canada, the U.S. and Europe.