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| Occupation | Professor |
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| Location | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Introduction | Ron A. Bouchard is a professor of law and medicine. His career focuses on science, law, policy, regulation and commercialization of biomedical products. He obtained a doctorate in ion channel biophysics and intracellular Ca2+ imaging, then a law degree specializing in pharmaceutical and biotechnology law. He has been involved in prosecution, acquisition, financing, distribution and litigation of intellectual property rights IPRs). He appeared before the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada. Dr. Bouchard consults with firms, universities, governments and NGOs on issues relating to legal rights associated with biomedical inventions. He has advised the Canadian government on its new framework for drug approval and commercialization initiatives. His work has been funded by federal and provincial funding agencies and private endowments. Dr. Bouchard currently conducts research on commercializing publicly funded technologies, IPRs issues pertinent to medical product development and innovation from the interdisciplinary perspective of complex adaptive systems/systems theory. |
| Interests | science, philosophy, art, culture, design, NFL |