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. 2021 May 31;193(22):E808.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.78920.

The potential benefits of a national vaccine registry for Canada

Iris S Gorfinkel  1 , Joel Lexchin  2
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The potential benefits of a national vaccine registry for Canada

Iris S Gorfinkel et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: Iris Gorfinkel reports receiving research grants from GSK, Merck, Mundipharma, Johnson & Johnson and Urovant. Dr. Gorfinkel has also received payment for lectures from GSK and CME Outfitters, and speaker fees from CBC and CTV. She has served as co-chair of the Advisory Board for Shingrix (GSK Canada). Joel Lexchin reports receiving consulting fees from Michael F. Smith, Lawyer, and Goodmans LLP. Dr. Lexchin has also received payment for being part of panels for the American Diabetes Association and Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and speaker fees from Toronto Reference Library. He is a member of the Foundation Board of Health Action International and the Board of Canadian Doctors for Medicare. He receives royalties from University of Toronto Press and James Lorimer & Co. Ltd. for books he has written.

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