Health committee  I really wouldn't have an answer to that. I'm not involved with the purchasing.

Health committee  That is a tough question to have a simple answer to. We have a complex market in Canada for pharmaceuticals, what with the provincial and federal responsibilities for regulation. The provinces and territories are responsible for the public drug plan, and there are commercial ph

Health committee  No.

Health committee  Madam Chair, I can probably speak to part of that question. On having one single agency to provide that oversight from a purchasing perspective, that wouldn't be CADTH. We do not have the expertise in purchasing, and a lot of that purchasing aspect is done through the group purch

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for inviting me to appear before the committee. CADTH is a not-for-profit corporation funded primarily by Health Canada and all the provinces and territories, with the exception of Quebec. We are a health technology assessment agency. This me