[Christien]

Well, maybe not front page news, but that article is from Jan. 16's Toronto Star, not exactly a small-town 2 page paper.

While drug companies do fund research in Canada, they don't have anywhere near the death-grip here that they do on the health care industry in the US. When there's a development in cure to the cause of 50% of deaths in a gov't-funded health care system, you can bet your ass the gov't will get behind it. That's the exact reason the anti-tobacco lobby is so strong here.