Posted by undopaminergic on April 6, 2008, at 21:39:34
In reply to Re: Geodon (called 'Zeldox' here) now avail in Can, posted by Dopamine123 on April 4, 2008, at 12:22:06
> The fact that canada has price controls on their drugs means that fewer new drugs actually get to market. There is less monetary incentive for drug companies to get approval for the Canadian market. Its an unfortunate aspect of certain country's healthcare systems. It's good that some new drugs do eventually get approved.
>Although I don't know the details of Canadian medicinal pricing policies, I think drugs are only subject to fixed prices if there are agreements - between the drug company and public health authority - to subsidise the drug. Of course, drugs that aren't subsidised may be prohibitively expensive for many patients, but the same problem exists in the US where there is a patchwork of different insurance policies, each covering a different and arbitrary range of drugs.
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