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Canadians choose Tim Hortons and President’s Choice as most-trusted brands

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Plant protein brand awarded top honours at Canadian Grand Prix

A survey conducted on a sample of over 3,000 Canadians turned back a ranking of 249 brands in 22 different industries. The results indicated that homegrown brands such as Tim Hortons and President’s Choice and Shoppers Drug Mart are trusted most by Canadians.

The brands were scored on attributes such as quality, innovation, value, leadership and social responsibility among a total of 40 attributes. All of them aimed at assessing factors influencing consumer trust.

 

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The survey was conducted at the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria. The school plans on  making the Gustavson Brand Trust Index an annual release.

The study also found that consumers measure trust on two different levels: functional and emotional. Functional trust measures quality, reliability and consistency. However, what’s more interesting to Dr. Saul Klein, dean of the business school is the emotional trust.

It is defined by factors including workplace practices, environmental policies and community responsibility.

The survey also found that women tend to trust brands more than men do and that older consumers trust top brands more than younger consumers do and that brands in the financial, travel and utility industries are the least trusted of all.

 

Health minister announces increase in department’s transparency

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Regulatory amendments to help control prescription drug abuse in Canada

A three-year plan featuring new commitments toward increasing Health Canada transparency and openness was announced by Health Minister Rona Ambrose on Thursday.

Key action factors include expanding information already available under the Drug and Health Product register. The framework also includes enhancing the Drug and Health Product Inspection Database to include more information on Health Canada inspection activities.

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[blockquote style=”center” color=”#0d0c0c” bg_color=”#faeded” border_color=”#e81c1c”] “Fundamental change is underway at Health Canada in the way it engages and informs Canadians. I’m incredibly proud of what has been accomplished in the first year of the Framework. Credible, timely information is key to building trust and enabling Canadians not only to make informed health choices, but also to better understand the health regulatory system that’s in place to protect our safety and the safety of our families,” said Rona Ambrose, minister of health.[/blockquote]

This initiative is the Health Canada’s plan for improving timely, useful and relevant health and safety information for Canadians.

Health Canada claims to have delivered on all previous 15 commitments it signed up for in 2014-15. The new plan lays down how it can add further information and engage Canadians on crucial health and safety issues.

Integrated Healthcare Symposium, Canada

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Integrated Healthcare Symposium

The Integrative Healthcare Symposium Canada is one of the most anticipated events of the year and will provide a clinically relevant, evidence-based CME program. The event aims to gather multi-disciplined practitioners from all over the country looking to hear about the latest research and practical applications of integrative medicine as well as share best practices with like-minded professionals.

This inaugural event will cover topics such as: metabolic syndrome, pain management, women’s health, brain, mind & mood, nutritional science, brain/gut health and more.

Attending practitioners will include: medical doctors, osteopaths, residents, registered nurses, registered dieticians, nutritionists, chiropractors, naturopaths, homeopaths, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, pharmacists, faculty and more.

 

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Supporting organizations and associations include the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, Canadian Holistic Nurses Association, Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, Examining Board of Natural Medicine Practitioners Canada, Integrative Healthcare Practitioners, International Organization of Nutritional Consultants, Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ontario Polarity Therapy Association and The Centre for Mindfulness Studies. For more information on becoming a supporting organization, please call Emily Steele at 1-207-842-5672.

Companies looking to expand their reach or strengthen their relationships with Canadian-based practitioners are excited about the new event. Companies such as Seroyal, Douglas Lab, Designs for Health, Pure Encapsulations, Boiron, Xymogen, Metagenics, OxyHealth and more have already reserved booth space.

For more information, please email info@ihsymposium.com

Integrative Healthcare Event launching in Canada

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Diversified Communications has announced the launch of a Canadian based integrative healthcare event. The Integrative Healthcare Symposium Canada, as it’s titled, will be taking place October 23-24, 2015 at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North in Ontario.

The Integrative Healthcare Symposium Canada is one of the most anticipated events of the year and will provide a clinically relevant, evidence-based CME program. The event aims to gather multi-disciplined practitioners from all over the country looking to hear about the latest research and practical applications of integrative medicine as well as share best practices with like-minded professionals.

This inaugural event will cover topics such as: Metabolic Syndrome, Pain Management, Women’s Health, Brain, Mind & Mood, Nutritional Science, Brain/Gut Health and more.

Attending practitioners will include: Medical Doctors, Osteopaths, Residents, Registered Nurses, Registered Dieticians, Nutritionists, Chiropractors, Naturopaths, Homeopaths, Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners, Pharmacists, Faculty and more.

Supporting organizations and associations include the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, Canadian Holistic Nurses Association, Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, Examining Board of Natural Medicine Partners Canada, Integrative Healthcare Practitioners, International Organization of Nutritional Consultants, Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ontario Polarity Therapy Association and The Centre for Mindfulness Studies.

For more information on becoming a supporting organization, please call Emily Steele at 1-207-842-5672.

Companies looking to expand their reach or strengthen their relationships with Canadian based practitioners are excited about the new event. Companies such as Seroyal, Douglas Lab, Designs for Health, Pure Encapsulations, Borion, Xymogen, Metagenics, OxyHealth and more have already reserved booth space.

For more information, please email info@ihsymposium.com

http://www.ihsymposium.com/canada/

New Research Identifies Consumer “Food and Fitness Continuum”

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ThinkstockPhotos-87177554DuPont Nutrition & Health has introduced an insight-driven webinar based on the data collected from more than 13,000 consumers in 21 countries. The webinar has been designed to help manufacturers develop and market sports nutrition and weight management products.

 

The DuPont Nutrition & Health research, conducted with HealthFocus® International, found the traditional distinctions between the sports nutrition and weight management categories have narrowed and are better represented as a single market that exists along a continuum. This “Food and Fitness Continuum” contains three core consumer segments: personal record performers (competitive, performance-focused individuals), enlightened actives (consumers striving to eat healthy foods to support their active lifestyles) and motivated strugglers (consumers recognizing that weight loss is necessary but who find dieting difficult). Research on these core targets as well as multiple points along the continuum sheds new light on consumer needs, motivations and behaviors for manufacturers.

 

“We’ve seen a blurring of the lines between the sports nutrition and weight management markets,” said Greg Paul, Ph.D., MBA, global marketing director consumer segments at DuPont Nutrition & Health and one of the presenters for the webinar. “Consumption of sports nutrition products has moved beyond the hard core athlete to a more mainstream consumer, while at the other end of the spectrum consumers concerned about their weight have replaced the traditional notion of the short-term diet with a broader and more sustained commitment to a healthy lifestyle. The confluence of these two trends has resulted in the emergence of the continuum.”

 

The participants can also get more information on subjects and ingredients related to sports nutrition and weight management including muscle health and performance, probiotics, soy protein, fiber and ingredients that promote cardiovascular fitness.

 

If you are interested in registering for the webinar, please sign up here.

Labels to get plainer language with new regulation

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The FDA recommends amending testosterone drug labels

Starting June manufacturers of prescription drugs will be required to submit mock-ups of labels and packages for Health Canada review.

This is part of the new Health Canada Plain Language Labelling Regulations that also requires that drugs are administered or obtained through a health professional. A similar regulation is set to come into effect in 2017.

 

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The goal of this regulation is to make drug labels and packaging information easier to read and understand.

The regulations amending the Food and Drug Regulations (Labelling, Packaging and Brand Names of Drugs for Human Use) were published in July 2014 and are part of the Plain Language Labelling Initiative.

Landmark trial will be first to study safety and efficacy of a series of cannabinoid profiles

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On June 23, 2015, Prairie Plant Systems and CanniMed along with researchers at McGill University Health Centre and Dalhousie Universities, officially started patient engagement on the CAPRI Trial (Cannabinoid Profile Investigation of Vaporized Cannabis in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee) – a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, proof-of-concept, crossover clinical trial of single dose vaporized cannabis in adults with painful osteoarthritis of the knee.

 

The CAPRI, being the first medical trial registered with Health Canada after the transition to the new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR), will seek to understand the analgesic dose-response of several varieties of medical cannabis, consisting of varying concentrations of the two most common active ingredients: delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). It will also explore the short-term safety of vaporized cannabis as well as look at functional changes and patient preference.

 

“Anecdotal evidence supporting cannabis as a medicine is increasing, however this isn’t quite good enough for our patients,” said Brent Zettl, President and CEO of Prairie Plant Systems Inc. and CanniMed Ltd. “In order for medical cannabis to become a true medicine, it requires carefully conducted trials to provide hard data. It is our ongoing mission to support patients and their prescribing physicians with more research into the safety and efficacy of these cannabis based products to ensure predictable and standardized treatment options in the near future.”

 

The CAPRI Trial will be recruiting 40 patients suffering from serious osteoarthritis of the knee over the two trial sites in Montreal, QC and Halifax, NS. Patient recruitment started on June 23 at the McGill University Health Centre, and Dalhousie University will begin to recruit patients shortly.

 

“This clinical trial significantly advances medical cannabis research in Canada,” said Dr. Mark Ware, CAPRI trial primary investigator and practicing pain physician at the McGill University Health Centre, and Executive Director of the Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids (CCIC). “This research will help to start answering important questions physicians have regarding dosing as well as short term safety and efficacy related to specific ratios of cannabinoids.”

 

“We are very pleased to see that the CAPRI clinical trial is underway and beginning recruitment,” said Joanne Simons, chief mission officer, The Arthritis Society. “We know that many people living with arthritis seek alternative options for pain relief, including medical cannabis. Well-designed clinical research is a pre-requisite to get us to where we want to go: more treatment options available to help people manage the pain of arthritis.”

 

MT Consulting president gets reception at TasteUs!

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MT Consulting president gets reception at TasteUs!

Michael Theodor, president of MT Consulting, was a part of “TasteUS!,” a reception organized by the US Food & Beverage Alliance at Waterview in Vancouver on June 17.

The event featured a presentation of  USA foods and wines displayed on a mini-food station, and guests included some top names in the western Canadian food industry, including large retailers, distributors & importers, brokers and consultants.

 

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Michael has often featured as guest speaker at the TasteUS! events, where he has given an hour-long talk called “So, you want to sell into Canada, eh?” to perspective USA companies.

Kathy Boyce Head of Food Export USA (Canada)
Kathy Boyce Head of Food Export USA (Canada)

 

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Darlene Dessureault, Sr. Agriculture Specialist (Dairy) &Kathryn Ting, Minister-Counselor for US Agriculture Affairs, both based at the US Embassy in Ottawa

Vancouver takes the lead in first-quarter sales growth

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Young entrepreneur from St. John's wins $25

An article in the Vancouver Sun cited B.C. retailers as starting off to a strong start to the 2015 fiscal year.

According to the report by Colliers International Consulting, Apple has been named Canada’s most productive retailer and Weston Group as the largest retailer.

 

 

The report, Collier’s spring 2015 National Retail Report, says that B.C.’s first-quarter sales growth were nearly 8 per cent. This is preceded by a strong 2014 where sales worth $66.4 billion were reported. The figure reported by Collier exceeded its own predictions by 0.3 per cent.

Ontario, on the other hand, had sales of $172.6 billion and a 4 per cent growth rate in the first quarter, coming in second after B.C. Alberta, the third biggest retail market in 2014, came in at $78.7 billion in sales.

Fibrin and Stem Cell Patches Show Promise for Heart Healing

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Findings of a study published in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine demonstrate the promise in regenerating cardiac tissue using engineered patches made up of a mixture of fibrin and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from human umbilical cord blood.

 

Previous studies show the potential of MSCs to repair damage left by a heart attack, but in these instances, the cells were delivered through injections or intravenously. According to Antoni Bayes-Genis, a lead investigator on this study, “while feasible and safe, the treatments exhibited only modest benefits.”

 

Researchers think there might be a better way to deliver the MSCs to the injured site. Scaffolds (or patches) in which the cells are combined with biological and synthetic materials that can also be supplemented with growth/differentiation factors to generate bioimplants, have emerged as a promising candidate. However, none of the current materials being tested for the patches, whether synthetic or natural, have demonstrated optimal properties for cardiac tissue repair.

 

Dr. Bayes-Genis and his colleagues investigated how a fibrin patch filled with human umbilical cord blood-derived MSCs might work. The team mixed MSCs and fibrin to form the patches and then administered them in a group of mice that had undergone heart attacks. Three weeks later, they compared the animals’ recovery to a control group of mice treated with fibrin alone (no stem cells) and another control group that received no treatment at all.  The results showed that the patches adhered well to the hearts and the MSCs demonstrated early proliferation and differentiation. The patch cells also participated in the formation of new, functional blood vessels that connected the patch to both the heart tissue directly beneath it and the mouse’s circulatory system, too.

 

“As a result, the heart function in this group of mice was better than that of the animals in either of the other control groups,” Dr. Bayes-Genis said. “Thus, this study provides promising findings for the use of umbilical cord-blood MSCs and fibrin patches in cardiac repair.”

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