Drug Pricing

• Health Canada delays drug-pricing reforms until July 1, citing coronavirus challenges

  A Health Canada spokesperson says the amendments to patented medicine regulations, which were set to take effect Jan. 1, will now come into force on July 1.

  Health

  Jan 7, 2021
  
• N.S. father says drug-pricing ‘chess game’ cost his daughter her life

  A memorial service will be held in Truro on Wednesday for 23-year-old Chantelle Lindsay, who was unable to access a new therapy for the genetic disease.

  Health

  Feb 25, 2020
  
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• Ontario and Quebec argued against federal plan to reduce drug prices, documents show

  Ontario and Quebec privately expressed concerns about the federal government's plan to slash drug prices.

  Politics

  Jul 30, 2019
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• Researcher says pharma industry’s justifications for sky-high drug prices don’t hold up to facts

  A researcher who studies the pharmaceutical industry says drug company pricing has no basis in reality.

  Jan 30, 2018