Parliament, a diverse group of experts at a recent symposium on pharmaceutical policies
endorsed the idea of a federally coordinated, national formulary of recommended drugs to …

• The National Pharmaceuticals Strategy is a comprehensive and collaborative pan-
Canadian approach to address problems related to affordability and safety.• Two new …

Canadian drug laws and regulations have had a steady evolution over the past 40 years. In
1951 specific regulations governing the sale and distribution of new drugs were …

Where you live in Canada and your economic status make a big difference to the sort of
prescription medicine you are likely to receive from public health insurance—although that is …

Amir Attaran, Canada Research Chair in Population and Public Health, at the University of
Ottawa, Ontario, is particularly skeptical of the review. A paper he coauthored found that …

The Canadian federal government has proposed significant revisions to the way its patented
medicines price regulator assesses the excessiveness of medication prices that are to take …

Two decades ago Australia introduced an assessment of value as a prerequisite for adding
new medicines to its national drug formulary. Australia's program—a “fourth hurdle” process …

Last week, to great fanfare and much media attention across the country, the Canadian
Medical Association Journal announced the publication of a new study trumpeting the great …

This article analyzes the benefits and costs of re-placing Canada's ten different provincial for-
mularies with a national formulary. The 2002 Romanow Commission on the Future of Health …

Leaving aside questions of which level of government would be responsible for the
administration and delivery of national pharmacare—which have been discussed in detail …