The National Pharmaceuticals Strategy: A Prescription Unfilled
The National Pharmaceuticals Strategy: A Prescription Unfilled
January 2009
 
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Still overpaying for generic drugs
Still overpaying for generic...
Drug Safety and Effectiveness in Canada: Issues, Challenges and New Approaches
Presented at the 2011 CADTH Symposium by John G. Abbott, CEO, Health Council of Canada, with Joel Lexchin (York University), Mary Wiktorowicz (York University), Shilpi Majumder (Health Council of Canada)
  
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In this report, we examine the problems that the 2004 National Pharmaceuticals Strategy was intended to address and its progress almost five years later. In a National Pharmaceuticals Strategy (NPS) launched in 2004, governments committed to make catastrophic drug coverage a priority. But Canadians still don’t have this coverage or other important reforms that were promised.
 
 
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Download the file A Commentary On The National Pharmaceuticals Strategy: A Prescription Unfilled
Download the file Press Release: Health Council of Canada Calls for Renewed Action on the Stalled National Pharmaceuticals Strategy
 
Additional Health Council Reports on Pharmaceuticals Management

 

 
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