Table 23
Firms contracting out functional food and natural
health product related activities by purpose, 2007
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| Functional food firms | Natural health product firms | Firms active in both fields | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | Foreign | Canadian | Foreign | Canadian | Foreign | |
| number | ||||||
| Scientific research and development | 45 | 4 | 52 | 22 | 50 | 8 |
| Intellectual property | 28 | F | 24 | 9 | 27 | 15 |
| Regulatory or clinical trials | 12 E | 3 E | 92 | 35 | 78 | 35 |
| Manufacturing or production | 13 | 0 | 111 | 51 | 50 | 41 |
| Quality control | 10 | F | 76 | 12 | 42 | 0 |
| Sales, marketing, advertising or market research | 17 | F | 47 | 30 | 92 | 11 |
| Management, finance or business development | 6 E | 0 | 15 | 13 | 18 | F |
| Other | 10 | 3 | 9 | 4 E | 31 | 16 |
Note(s):
Totals may not add up due to rounding. Firms may have contracted out
for more than one purpose.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, The Functional Foods and Natural Health Products
Survey, 2007.
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