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. 2013 Sep 17;185(13):1141-4.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.121367. Epub 2012 Nov 19.

The road to competitive generic drug prices in Canada

Michael R Law, Jillian Kratzer

The road to competitive generic drug prices in Canada

Michael R Law et al. CMAJ. .
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The comparative price per unit for select generic drugs between 2 Canadian provinces (British Columbia and Ontario, at 35% and 25% of the originator brand, respectively) and 2 public drug programs that use bulk purchasing (the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and New Zealand’s Pharmaceutical Management Agency) in 2011., These drugs were among the top 5 generic drugs in terms of potential savings in Ontario in 2009. British Columbia prices were adjusted to reflect the inclusion of markups in the provincial formulary. Pricing data for New Zealand were not available for ramipril, because it is not included in the public formulary. Foreign prices were converted to Canadian currency using 2011 average annual exchange rates.
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