International Business

Jeff Watson named new CEO of Apotex

Jack Kay, who served as the chief executive until 2014, also left the management team after 35 years at the company
Drug companies in Canada fail for 15th straight year to meet spending commitments on R&D

A recent report from the government found that these companies are spending less than half of what was promised on research and development of new pharmaceuticals
GSK and Pfizer to merge healthcare divisions

It is expected to take three years to merge the businesses across some 100 countries
Canada could lead the fight for life in a post-antibiotic world

The benefits of antibiotics have lulled us into ignoring a frightening problem that has been looming for decades
Ottawa to encourage more countries to offer contraception, abortion: Bibeau
Legal cannabis holds no special attraction for organized crime: memos
New facility at Toronto’s MaRS will manufacture cells for clinical trials
How we got to Mallorca

Former SNC Lavalin CEO Pierre Duhaime pleads guilty for role in Montreal hospital bribery