National Pharmaceutical Congress (NPC) Podcast

S16 E06 Embracing Canadian Biotech Innovation

National Pharmaceutical Congress (NPC) Podcast

Show Notes

CEO and co-founder of Celystra Pharma’s Paul Levesque discusses Canadian biotech, rare disease policy, and AI as a healthcare accelerator.

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