Canada's National Pharmacare Program Bad News For Pharma?
Executive Summary
Big changes to Canada's pharmaceutical market could be afoot as the country starts to look at what a National Pharmacare program might look like. Moves to improve access to medicines could mean the demise of private drug plans, which would be bad news for companies.
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