Research Activities

As a Canadian research-based pharmaceutical company dedicated exclusively to the health and well-being of the pregnant woman and her unborn child, Duchesnay devotes 20% of its revenues to support research and education on drug therapies during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Here are some of the research activities sponsored by Duchesnay:

• Chaire Pharmaceutique Famille Louis Boivin: first and only pharmaceutical chair dedicated to research on medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding
• First International Conference on Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy (NVP)
• The Annual André Boivin Visiting Professorship in Maternal/Fetal Toxicology
• Academic/Peer-to-peer education programs in reproductive health and safety
• Various programmes in reproductive health and safety
• International Women's Health Programs
• Motherisk's Canada/USA Helpline on NVP
• The Canadian Alliance for safe and effective medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding (www.casemed-pregnancy.org)

To know more about ongoing and published research projects, please click on the corresponding heading in the left column. All of Duchesnay's sponsorships are unrestricted and unconditional medical grants.