Mélanie Bourassa Forcier

CIRANO Researcher and Fellow
Main researcher of the theme Innovation and Digital Transformation

melanie.bourassa_forcier@cirano.qc.ca

514 985-4000 p4042

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University

Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Université de Sherbrooke

Area(s) of interest: Law;
regulation and policies of medicines and other health products;
risk management and quality in health facilities;
organization of the health network;
governance;
policy development process;
patents and competition in the life sciences sector;
risk sharing agreements;
research contract;
economic theories of law

Mélanie Bourassa Forcier

CIRANO Researcher and Fellow
Main researcher of the theme Innovation and Digital Transformation

Expertise

Law, regulation and policies of medicines and other health products, risk management and quality in health facilities, organization of the health network, governance, policy development process, patents and competition in the life sciences sector, risk sharing agreements, research contract, economic theories of law

Biography

A CIRANO Researcher and Fellow since 2010, Main Researcher of the theme Innovation and Digital Transformation, Mélanie Bourassa Forcier is Full Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Sherbrooke. She directs the programs in Health Law and Policy and Life Sciences Law. She is also a member of the Commission de l'éthique en science et en technologie and Deputy Commissioner of Ethics and Regulations for the Commissioner of Health and Welfare.

Holding a Ph.D.in Pharmaceutical Patent Law from McGill University, has expertise in the regulatory framework relating to the marketing and reimbursement of new medical technologies. She is particularly interested in their potential use to make a health care system more efficient, the incentives that encourage their development and the standards that may represent barriers to their implementation in health care systems. She is currently focusing her research on the legal issues (privacy, patents, marketing, liability) related to the implementation of artificial intelligence in the health sector.

She sat on the Board of Directors of the Montreal Heart Institute for nearly 5 years, where she chaired the Risk Management and Vigilance Committees. She has been called upon to present various conferences in London and in the United States on the subject.She has edited and published numerous books and articles on the subject of pharmaceutical regulation and health law. She has been the recipient of a number of prestigious awards and fellowships, including a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship and the Commonweatlh Fellowship.

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University

Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Université de Sherbrooke

Diploma(s)

CIRANO Publications by Mélanie Bourassa Forcier

As an author

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September 28, 2023

Innovations en soins et services à domicile au Québec : barrières normatives et de gouvernance

Mélanie Bourassa Forcier, Maude Gauthier, Hugo Prévosto and Érika Scott

Innovation and Health

April 17, 2023

Le déploiement de la cybersanté au Mali: considérations juridiques à partir de la perspective québécoise

Mélanie Bourassa Forcier, Charles-Étienne Daniel, Arthur Oulaï, Natalia Torres Orozco, Olivia Toussaint-Martin, Mathieu Kiriakos and 1 other authors

Health

April 25, 2022

Introduction d’un télérobot en résidences privées : Enjeux légaux et organisationnels

Mélanie Bourassa Forcier, Dary-Anne Tourangeau, Gaëlle Feruzi and Mathieu Kiriakos

March 11, 2021

Don d’organes au Québec - Étude comparée des bonnes pratiques

Luna Altarbouch, Nicholas Hébert-Gauthier and Mélanie Bourassa Forcier

Governance, Social Policies and Health

February 4, 2021

Encadrement normatif et contractuel des pratiques de téléconsultation en clinique de première ligne

Mélanie Bourassa Forcier, Maude Laberge, Lionel Adisso, Eugene Attisso, Matilda Bourdeau-Chabot, Camille Cardenas Benoit, Dereck Dumont, Olivia Toussaint-Martin, Dary-Anne Tourangeau and 4 other authors

Covid-19 and Digital Transformation

News

April 15, 2023