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1. Easy access to new prescription drugs depends on where you live

   Appeared in the National Post Question: Should patients in Rome or Detroit have faster access to new prescription drugs than someone living in Victoria or Windsor? If your answer to that is no, then here is another query: Why do government agencies tasked ...

2. The Misguided War against Medicines 2011

   Government spending on all types of prescription drugs (patented and non-patented) is increasing faster than any other component of health spending. And new or patented medicines tend to be more expensive compared to older drugs and other health ...

3. How to make prescription medicines less available: A national pharmacare plan

   Appeared in the National Post There has been much discussion in the past 10 years about whether Canada needs a national Pharmacare plan. While the idea might appeal to some, the plan is driven by ideology as opposed to common sense. Undoubtedly, it is ...

4. 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 ...

5. The Misguided War Against Medicines 2010

   The Misguided War against Medicines 2010 examines all of the ways in which spending on drugs may contribute to the overall growth in total government health spending. The evidence suggests that neither patented medicines in particular, nor prescription ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. Seniors and Drug Prices in Canada and the United States, 2008 Edition

   This is the Fraser Institute's third report comparing Canada-US price differences for the prescription drugs that are most important to Canadian seniors (aged 60 and older). This year's report analyzes prices for the drugs most commonly ...

9. 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 ...

10. The Misguided War Against Medicines 2008

    Government spending on all types of prescription drugs (patented and non-patented) is increasing faster than any other component of health spending. And new or patented medicines tend to be more expensive compared to older drugs and other health ...