Canadian Health Officials Tried to Hide Evidence Health Minister Stalled Drug Pricing Reform

Recently released emails show that Health Canada officials tried to hide a letter from Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos to the Patented Medicines Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Canada’s independent drug pricing agency, asking them to delay drug pricing reform last year. The letter mirrored the pharma industry’s concerns and led to the reform being postponed.

According to Kelly Crowe, “But the letter, which sparked a parliamentary probe after The Breach exposed it earlier this year, may never have seen the light of day if Health Canada officials had been successful in their attempts to pressure officials at the regulator and prevent the document from being released through an access to information request.”

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(Source: The Breach, May 30^th, 2023)