Canada will create a national drug agency to help cut the cost of prescription m...
OTTAWA - Canada will create a national drug agency to help cut the cost of prescription medications as part of a plan to broaden the state-funded healthcare program, the finance ministry said in its budget on Tuesday.
Prescription drug spending in Canada has jumped to C$33.7 billion in 2018 from C$2.6 billion in 1985 and a promise to boost drug coverage is set to be a major plank for the ruling Liberals in an election this October. The agency - which is not scheduled to start work until the 2022-23 fiscal year - would assess the effectiveness of new drugs, negotiate prices and recommend which medications represented the best value for money.
“The industry is very aware of the sustainability issue on drug costs. ... I think there will be some very good conversations coming up in the next few weeks and months,” the group’s president, Pamela Fralick, said by phone.
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