NBHC Sustainability
October 30, 2017
The federal health minister tabled a report from the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) which shows that drugs with an annual per beneficiary cost of at least $10,000 accounted for 40% of patented drug sales in 2016. Furthermore, the cost of those high-priced medications doubled between 2006 and last year. The report finds that in 2016, patented drug sales increased by 2.6% to $15.5 billion, while drug sales rose an average of 4.1% between 2005 and last year.
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