Support among Canadians for national pharmacare drops from 79 per cent to 40 per cent when the plan is linked to tax hikes.
pharmaceutical drugs
June 8, 2020
9:54AM
Planned changes would likely result in fewer new and innovative drugs available to Canadians.
June 13, 2019
1:00PM
If every U.S. prescription was filled in Canada, the annual Canadian drug supply would be exhausted in 52 days.
March 18, 2019
3:03PM
Unfortunately, the federal government’s track record of creating reliable and accurate data systems is not good.
February 8, 2018
1:00AM
November 22, 2016
12:55PM
Of the 53,109 ADR reports received in 2012, almost 80 per cent were categorized as “serious.”
October 20, 2016
2:25PM
Canadian patients may be denied new innovative drugs and other health technologies emerging for the treatment of chronic diseases such as cancer.
February 11, 2007
6:00PM
Since 2000, at least five provincial studies, plus a Senate report have concluded that the annual growth in government health spending is not sustainable. At the same time government spending on prescription drugs - both patented and non-patented - is increasing faster than any other part of health spending. And new or patented medicines can be very expensive compared to older drugs and other health treatments. Some therefore blame patented medicines for unsustainable health care costs in Canada.