Increased use of higher-cost medicines continues to put pressure on Canadian public drug plans
A new Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) report finds that prescription drug expenditures by Canadian public drug plans increased by 4.2% in 2020-21, bringing annual spending to $12.3 billion.
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