Joel Lexchin, MD

Professor
School of Health Policy and Management
York University
4700 Keele St.
Toronto, ON
Canada M3J 1P3

Biographical Sketch: Joel Lexchin received his MD from the University of Toronto in 1977 and for the past 22 years has been an emergency physician at The University Health Network. He is currently a Professor in the School of Health Policy and Management at York University and an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. He has been a consultant on pharmaceutical issues for the province of Ontario, various arms of the Canadian federal government, the World Health Organization, the government of New Zealand and the Australian National Prescribing Service. He is the author or co-author of over 90 peer-reviewed articles on topics such as physician prescribing behaviour, pharmaceutical patent issues, the drug approval process and prescription drug promotion.

Papers:
3181.0 Anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) and access to essential medications: The Canadian perspective