Marc-André Gagnon
Professor, Graduate Supervisor (MA in Public Policy and Administration) — social and health policy; pharmaceutical policy; innovation policy; science and technology studies; political economy; history of economic thought
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BA in Political Science (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Certificate in Economics (Université du Québec à Montréal)
MA in Political Science (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Master of Advanced Studies in Economics (ENS Fontenay/St-Cloud and Université Paris-I Sorbonne)
PhD in Political Science (York University)
Dr. Gagnon’s empirical research focuses on the political economy of the pharmaceutical sector: business models, innovation policies, corporate influence over medical practices, health and drug insurance regimes.
From a more theoretical standpoint, his research analyzes capital accumulation and corporate competition in terms of how firms capitalize not only their productive capacity but also their capacities and their business network powers to influence laws, public policies, culture and socio-institutional settings in order to accrue monopolistic differential gains.
I am a political economist, which means that I take the power dimension in the economy seriously. Markets do not emerge naturally out of thin air as institutions maximizing social welfare due to the absence of state intervention. Markets are social and political creatures; they are the products of a complex political and regulatory process involving a diversity of agents working at influencing that process according to their interests, and determining the forms and details of each market. In many markets, the financial incentives are not aligned with the desired social outcomes, creating incentives for dominant actors to obtain net gains at high costs and risks for the rest of the community. The pharmaceutical sector, where profitability depends more on marketing strategies than on therapeutic innovation, is in many ways a poster child of such a market. It is the role of public policy to understand the flaws in each market and find ways to re-align financial incentives and desirable social outcomes.
Honours
- Public Commentary Award, Faculty of Public Affairs, Ӱԭ University (2015)
- Ethel Meade Award for Excellence in Healthcare Research, from Ontario Health Coalition (2014)
- “Rising Star Award” from the Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (2010)
- Yumiko Iida Memorial PhD Prize for best dissertation in political science (2010)
- Excellence Award by the Union of Lecturers at University of Montreal (2008)
Publications
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- Bacon MH, Vandelac L, Gagnon MA, Parent L. Toxics. févr 2023;11(2):121.
- Gagnon MA. Healthcare Policy. 2023 Feb;18(3): 25-30.
- Gagnon MA, Dong M. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods. 2023;1(3):e12011.
- García Carrillo M, Testoni F, Gagnon MA, Rikap C, Blaustein M. Heliyon. 1 nov 2022;8(11):e11481.
- Gagnon MA (2022) Miser davantage sur l’Open Science (Forum Prescrire). Prescrire. Août 2022.
- Gagnon MA (2021) « »,Revue Interventions économiques, Hors-série. Transformations | 2021, mis en ligne le 10 novembre 2021.
- Testoni FE, García Carrillo M, Gagnon M-A, Rikap C, Blaustein M. “” Plos ONE 16(4): p.e0249661 (April 2021) United States: Public Library of Science
- Lexchin J, Bero LA, Davis C, Gagnon MA.“” BMJ 372: n370 (March 2021)
- Gagnon MA. “” International Journal of Health Policy and Management 10(3): pp.168-171 (March 2021) Iran: Kerman University of Medical Sciences
- Gagnon MA “” Canadian Medical Association Journal 191(45): E1235-E1236 (November 2019) Ottawa: Joule Inc
- Deborah Gleeson, Joel Lexchin, Ronald Labonte, Belinda Townsend, MA Gagnon, Jillian Kohler, Lisa Forman and Ken Shadle. “” Globalization and Health 15(1): pp. 1-17 (November 2019) England: BioMed Central Ltd
- Charbonneau, Mathieu, and Marc-André Gagnon. “” Health policy (Amsterdam) 122(12): pp. 1295–1301 (December 2018) Ireland: Elsevier B.V.
- Lexchin, J, JC Kohler, MA Gagnon, J Crombie, P Thacker, A Shnier “” Indian journal of medical ethics 3(3): pp. 234–239 (July 2018) India
- Morgan, Steven G, Marc-André Gagnon, Mathieu Charbonneau, Alain Vadeboncoeur. “” Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) 189(40): pp. E1259–E1263 (November 2017) Canada: Joule Inc.
- Gagnon, Marc-André, and Karena D Volesky. “” Globalization and health 13(62): pp. 1-7 (August 2017) England: BioMed Central Ltd.
- Gagnon, Marc-André. “” Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) 189(19): pp. E680-E681 (May 2017)Canada: Canadian Medical Association.
- Morgan, Steven G et al. “” Healthcare policy 12(1): pp.18-36 (August 2016) Canada: Longwoods Publishing.
- Gagnon, Marc-André. “New drug pricing: does it make any sense?.” Prescrire international vol. 24(162): pp. 192-195 (July 2015) Association mieux prescrire. PMID: 26237844
- O’Brady, Sean, Marc-André Gagnon and Alan Cassels “” Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) vol. 119(2): pp. 224-231 (February 2015) Elsevier
- Gagnon, Marc-André and Dimitri della Faille, 2014. “Thorstein Veblen: Économiste Iconoclaste.” European Journal of Economic and Social Systems. Vol. 26(1-2): pp.11-30 (2014) Hermes Science Publications. ISSN: 1292-8909
- Prémont, Marie-Claude, and Marc-André Gagnon. “” Healthcare policy 10(2): pp. 79-89 (November 2014) Longwoods Publishing.
- Lexchin, Joel, and Marc-André Gagnon. “” Globalization and health 10(1): pp. 30–30 (May 2014) England: BioMed Central Ltd.
- Gagnon, Marc-André. “” The Journal of law, medicine & ethics 41(3): pp. 571–580 (September 2013) Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- Gagnon, Marc-André. “Corporate influence over clinical research: Considering the alternatives.” Prescrire International 21(129): pp.191-194 (July 2012) Association mieux prescrire. PMID: 22852295
- Gagnon, Marc-André. “” Healthcare policy 7(4): pp. 10–17 (May 2012) Canada: Longwoods Publishing.
- Marc-André Gagnon. “” Interventions Économiques pour une Alternative Sociale 44: pp.1-17 (November 2012) Association d’Economie Politique.
- Gagnon, Marc-André, 2011. “,” European Journal of Economic and Social Systems 24(1-2): pp. 119-136. Lavoisier.
- Gagnon, Marc-André. “” Cahiers de recherche sociologique 45: pp. 93–111 (January 2008) Liber
- Gagnon, Marc-André, and Joel Lexchin. “” PLoS medicine 5(1): (January 2008) San Francisco, USA: Public Library of Science.
- Gagnon, Marc-André. “” Journal of economic issues 41(2): pp. 593–600 (June 2007) Lincoln: Routledge.
- Marc-André Gagnon. “” Interventions Économiques pour une Alternative Sociale 36 (October 2007) Association d’Economie Politique.
- Marc-André Gagnon, and Dimitri della Faille. “” Interventions Économiques pour une Alternative Sociale 36 (October 2007). Association d’Economie Politique.
- Dimitri della Faille, and Marc-André Gagnon. “Héritage et Nouvelles Perspectives Pour Les Sciences Sociales.” Interventions Économiques pour une Alternative Sociale 36: pp. 1-12 (October 2007) Association d’Economie Politique. ISSN: 0715-3570
- Gagnon, Marc-André “” Conjonctures (29): pp. 118-145.
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- Gagnon MA. In: Faintuch J, Faintuch S, éditeurs. Integrity of Scientific Research: Fraud, Misconduct and Fake News in the Academic, Medical and Social Environment [Internet]. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2022 [cité 25 nov 2022]. p. 477 86.
- Gagnon, MA, 2021. “Ghost management as a central feature of accumulation in corporate capitalism: the case of the global pharmaceutical sector”. Chapter from Marlène Benquet and Théo Bourgeron (ed.) Accumulating Capital Today: Contemporary Strategies of Profit and Dispossessive Policies. New York: Routledge: pp.163-177.
- Gagnon, MA, Matthew Herder, Janice Graham, Katherine Fierlbeck and Anna Danyliuk, 2021. “Clinical trial data transparency in Canada: Mapping the Progress from Laggard to Leader”. Chapter from Katherine Fierlbeck, Janice Graham and Matthew Herder (eds.) Transparency, Power, and Influence in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Toronto: University of Toronto Press: pp. 114-128.
- Gagnon, MA, 2021. “The Political Economy of Influence; Ghost-management in the Pharmaceutical Sector”. Chapter from Katherine Fierlbeck, Janice Graham and Matthew Herder (eds.) Transparency, Power, and Influence in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Toronto: University of Toronto Press: pp. 159-183.
- Gagnon, Marc-André, 2017. « Financing the Public Provision of Prescription Drugs in Canada: Comparison and Assessment of Financing Options » in Katherine Graham and Allan Maslove (eds) How Ottawa Spends 2017-2018; Canada@150. Ottawa: Ӱԭ University, October 2017.
- Gagnon, Marc-André, 2016. “Shaping the social determinants of value through economic ghostmanagement: an institutionalist approach to capital accumulation.” Published in Tae-Hee Jo and Frederic S. Lee (eds). Marx, Veblen, and the Foundations of Heterodox Economics: Essays in Honor of John F. Henry. London and New York: Routledge.
- Gagnon, Marc-André (principal author) and Dimitri della Faille, 2013. “Thorstein Veblen: Economista Iconoclasta.” Published in P.P. Poggio (dir.) L’altronovecento. Comunismo eretico e pensiero critico. Vol 3: Il Capitalismo Americano E I Suoi Critici. Milano: Jaca Book.
- Gagnon, Marc-André, 2012. “Les Droits de Propriété Intellectuelle sont-ils un écueil pour la modernité industrielle? La cas des brevets dans l’industrie pharmaceutique” in Marie-Pierre Boucher (dir.) La Propriété et ses Multiples. Montreal : Nota Bene: 201-250.
- Gagnon, Marc-André, 2004. “La main visible de la propriété intellectuelle contre l’intérêt général: Les formes disciplinaires du néolibéralisme,” in La Régulation Néolibérale: Crise ou ajustement?” Edited by Raphael Canet and Jules Duchastel. Montreal: Athéna Éditions; pp.175-200.
- Gagnon, Marc-André, 2002. “Mercantilisme,” in Relations Internationales: Théories et Concepts. Ed. Évelyne Dufault, Guillaume Dufour, and Alex MacLeod. Montréal: Athéna Éditions; 128-130.
- Gagnon, Marc-André, 2000. “Les réseaux de l’internationalisme statistique (1885-1914),” in Jean-Pierre Beaud and Jean-Guy Prévost (dir.) L’ère des chiffres: systèmes statistiques et traditions nationales. Québec: Presses de l’Université du Québec; 181-220.
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SPPA Professor Marc-André Gagnon has just published a compelling new chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Social Policy in Canada titled “Pharmacare and Access to Medicines”
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New Publication from SPPA Professor Marc-André Gagnon, in collaboration with Ӱԭ students Sonika Sharma (Kroeger College) and Owen Cober (Institute of Political Economy)
We’re proud to share a new publication from SPPA Professor Marc-André Gagnon, in collaboration with Ӱԭ students Sonika Sharma (Kroeger College) and Owen Cober (Institute …