Showing posts with label generic drugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label generic drugs. Show all posts
Saturday, May 09, 2009

Sask. pharmacy rebates could top $30M, health officials say

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From CBC News: The province's prescription drug plan is estimated to cost taxpayers about $313 million this year, according to the prov...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Key players implicated in scheme to boost generic drug profits

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From the Globe and Mail: Many of the largest players in Canada's generic drug industry have been implicated in an illegal scheme that in...
Sunday, April 26, 2009

Depression drug doubles in price for P.E.I. man

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From CBC News: A P.E.I. man has raised the alarm about the rising cost of prescription drugs after the drug he uses to treat depression more...
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Canadians using more prescription drugs, drug-tracking firm reports

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From the Canadian Press: Canadians are taking more prescription drugs than ever before, and increasingly those medicines are generic version...
Monday, February 09, 2009

Albertans paying more for generic drugs, U of C study says

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From the Calgary Herald: Albertans are paying "very high prices" for generic drugs when compared with prices seen in other countri...
Monday, December 15, 2008

Generic drug maker suit against federal government reaches trial stage

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From the Canadian Press: Federal regulations that bar Canada's generic drug makers from copying brand-name products for eight years afte...
Thursday, November 27, 2008

Druggists afraid of squeeze on payments

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From the Toronto Star: Brampton pharmacist Ben Shenouda says it costs $10 on average to fill a prescription in Ontario, but the provincial g...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Selling generic drugs in more competitive market could save millions: study

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From the Canadian Press: A more competitive generic drug market could save Canada's health-care system $800 million a year, the Competit...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Cleverer drug buying could save $800M a year, competition czar says

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From the Toronto Star: Canadian taxpayers, consumers and business could save up to $800 million a year if private and public sector plans ch...
Thursday, November 06, 2008

SCOC upholds blood-thinning drug patent

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From Canada.com: The Supreme Court of Canada blocked the sale of a generic version of a popular blood-thinning drug in a ruling Thursday tha...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Litigation train keeps rolling on

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From the Financial Post: Harry Radomski of the law firm Goodmans in Toronto is lead generic drug counsel for Apotex inc. He's driving a ...
Monday, June 30, 2008

Secret rebates amount to a tax on patients

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I usually don't post many opinion pieces, but I thought this one was interesting and worthy of debate. Any comments? From the Victoria ...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Canadians getting fleeced on generic drugs: report

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From the Vancouver Sun: Canadians are getting gouged more than ever on generic prescription drugs, a study by the Fraser Institute reported ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Provinces angry over drug rules

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From the Globe and Mail: Provinces are lashing back at proposed federal regulations that would extend the patent life of a number of popular...
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Generic drug prices inflated, committee reports

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From the Vancouver Sun: Inflated prices on generic prescription drugs mean B.C.'s Pharmacare program and drug consumers are paying hundr...

Faster, cheaper, better: B.C. health minister promises pharmaceutical overhaul

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From the Vancouver Sun: The provincial government is promising faster drug-approval times and better access to cheaper generic drugs at the ...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Drop patent regulations, generic drug makers urge

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From the Globe and Mail: Canada's generic drug companies are urging Parliament to abandon proposed regulations that would delay their ab...
Thursday, May 08, 2008

Generics slam proposed drug patent rules

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From the National Post: New patent rules just proposed by the federal government would delay generic versions of Lipitor, Viagra and several...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Pfizer Wins Canadian Order Blocking Generic Version of Lipitor

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From Bloomberg: Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drugmaker, won a Canadian appeals court ruling blocking regulatory approval of Ranbaxy ...
Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Pharmacare to cover 120 more generic drugs

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From the Winnipeg Free Press: The Manitoba government will add 120 new generic drugs to be covered under Manitoba's Pharmacare Program ,...