Canada Overhauls Drug Pricing, But Devil Will Be In The Detail
Executive Summary
Long awaited changes to Canada’s Patented Medicines Regulations have been announced, but companies will have to wait for new guidelines from the pricing watchdog to better understand how they will be implemented.
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