BUSINESS WIRE)--BIOTECanada: WHAT: Dr. Roberta Bondar, Canada’s first female astronaut in space and first National Biotechnology Champion will be the keynote speaker at the Canadian Immunization Conference banquet. Dr. Bondar will speak about the valuable contribution of health innovation, notably vaccine technologies, to preventing disease and enhancing health in our public health care system. Vaccines are an effective tool for controlling devastating infectious diseases: immunization for important child conditions has reduced cases of these by over 99 per cent. Canadian and global companies in Canada are leaders in vaccine development, and discovery of new and improved vaccines. The next wave of adult vaccines is addressing conditions from cancer to Alzheimer’s and HIV.
