As we shared with you, we are here today because we find the PMPRB consultative process to be ineffective. The feedback provided by not just us but patient organizations has been ignored, as is reflected in the number of significant increases in the number of negative submissions on the guidelines when you move from the initial consultative process to the August timeline.
Patient groups are concerned. The way BI, Boehringer Ingelheim, approaches it is that we are solution solvers. That's what drives us based on the opening...and we continue to work with indigenous communities and with other partners to address their concerns and challenges. In effect, we are reconsidering a number of initiatives, a number of investments, because of the uncertainty and unpredictability that these guidelines have posed.
As I mentioned, we are the first company that negotiated a successful pan-Canadian negotiation. We built the system with the payers. We are committed to optimal, sustainable access for Canadians. We find that the consultative process with PMPRB was not effective.