It was noted that more membership was needed, particularly from industry, and there remained outstanding the important issue of a co-chair from industry for this team. To assist with membership, our regional staff and the ITCs could possibly help with recruitment. Comments, in writing, were invited and are to be sent to Gayle Duggan. The document will be translated and posted on Strategis before the end of August. The activities, partnerships, outgoing and incoming missions, as well as seminars in which the association is involved were described.
Partnership is stressed, and numerous communications tools are used to disseminate information.
An announcement from Cabinet is expected later in the Summer. As next steps, a concrete strategy will be developed and discussions held with other departments and stakeholders over the next few months covering such topics as research and development, regulatory reform and international market access. These excellent suggestions will be used. Everyone was asked to respond to the above question. The general themes which emerged included communications, awareness, education and promotion of health industries.