The state and its players find themselves at the heart of a battle between generic companies and innovator drug makers. And the two pharmaceutical lobbies are using numbers to duke it out.
A Health Council of Canada-commissioned discussion paper is calling for renewed efforts in the expansion of pharmacists’ scopes of practice, and in particular stresses the need to build incentives into the system so pharmacists conduct more “value-added” services, such as providing help to patients managing chronic conditions.
Kelowna, July 8: I finally started my bicycle journey across Canada! On July 2, I flew to Vancouver, where I met 35 other cyclists who will take part in the trip.