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Ray Shelley of Apotex Elected Vice-Chair
TORONTO, Feb. 22, 2021 /CNW/ - The Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association (CGPA) is pleased to announce the unanimous election of Mr. Jean-Guy Goulet, Chief Operating Officer of Pharmascience, as Chair of CGPA.
Mr. Ray Shelley, Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations – Canada and Caribbean at Apotex Inc., has been unanimously elected as Vice-Chair of CGPA.
Mr. Goulet said that, given the lessons learned through maintaining Canada s prescription drug supply through the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthening the domestic industry and the global supply chain are the industry s most important and immediate priorities. Compared with many countries that rely solely on importing their prescription medicines, Canada is fortunate to have extensive domestic generic pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity and capabilities, said Mr. Goulet. With generic medicines dispensed to fill 73 percent of all prescriptions in Canad