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Canadian prescription drug price
controls
Unlike the United States, the Canadian government has strict
price controls on all prescription drugs and negotiates bulk
discounts with all major prescription drug manufacturers.
The Canadian government also strictly prohibits direct-to-consumer
advertising of prescription drugs, like many other countries
around the world. When ordering through a
Canadian pharmacy online, these savings are passed directly on
to you!
The Canadian government limits how much pharmaceutical manufactures
can charge for prescription drugs when they are approved and
caps subsequent price increases. All prescription drugs still
under patent are regulated by the Patented
Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) which sets price
caps for all patented prescription drugs in Canada.
Each province also negotiates prices with pharmaceutical
manufacturers based on the clinical effectiveness of prescription
drugs. Provincial price controls also include mandates on
how much individual pharmacies may markup prescription drugs,
further controlling prescription drug costs for consumers.
In Canada, like in many other industrialized nations around
the world, it is illegal to market prescription drugs directly
to the consumer. This means that Canadian prescription drug
prices are not inflated by large advertising budgets like
they are in the United States. Advertising of prescription
drugs is illegal in Canada partially because it does not provide
impartial or objective information to consumers making health
decisions.
You can return to our
Canadian
pharmacy information site or visit our online
price catalog for more information. To order your prescription
drugs from Canada today, visit our "How
to Order" site for instructions on how to start.
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