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1. Canada's Drug Price Paradox, 2010

   Since 2005, this study has regulary compared Canadian and American retail prices for an identical group of the 100 most commonly prescribed brand-name (mostly patented) drugs and the 100 most commonly prescribed generic drugs in Canada. This year?s study ...

2. Fraser Forum- February 2009: Impeding Access to Prescription Drugs

   In this issue: Up Front: Public policy in tough times Veteran politician Preston Manning shares his thoughts on the economic downturn with FraserTV following a recent Fraser Institute event in Vancouver. Beware of bailout by Mark Milke Governments should ...

3. Canada's Drug Price Paradox, 2008

   This study regularly (since 2005) compares Canadian and American retail prices for an identical group of the 100 most commonly prescribed brand-name (mostly patented) drugs and the 100 most commonly prescribed generic drugs in Canada. In 2007, this sample ...

4. Canada's Drug Price Paradox: The Unexpected Losses Caused by Government Interference in Pharmaceutical Markets

   This study shows that Canadians pay much more than they should for generic drugs and that this is because of the very government policies that were supposed to make prescription medicines cheaper in the first place. This study also finds that price ...

5. Generic Drugopoly: Why Non-patented Prescription Drugs Cost More in Canada than in the United States and Europe

   Studies comparing international prices of prescription pharmaceuticals have found that Canadian prices are close to the international median price for patented drugs but higher for non-patented single-source (usually brand-name) drugs, and also higher for ...