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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. Cost Burden of Prescription Drug Spending in Canada and the United States, 2008 Edition

   There is a common misconception that American prices for prescription medications are excessive because they are often higher than prices in Canada. This leads some people to suggest that the overall cost burden of prescription drug spending in the United ...

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, 2007

   Canadians pay much more than Americans for generic drugs because government policies in Canada distort the market for prescription medicines. In currency-equivalent terms, Canadian retail prices for generic prescription drugs in 2006 were on average 115% ...

5. 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 ...