Summary
- The federal government has launched a new organization, Health Emergency Readiness Canada (HERC), to coordinate efforts and collaboration between different sectors for faster response to future public health emergencies.
- HERC aims to bridge the gap between research and industry to provide faster access to vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and other products during health emergencies.
- Canada is following the example of some G7 partners by creating specialized entities like HERC to increase health emergency readiness.
- The new agency will work closely with federal partners like Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada.