Health committee  I have to agree wholeheartedly. I think, as you've heard, that many of the issues relate to education on the part of the prescribing physician. I think the stories we hear are much more about people doing without other things in order to be able to afford their medicines. I d

Health committee  Sure. Thank you for that question. The interesting thing in arthritis is that of the 4.6 million Canadians with arthritis, about one million have inflammatory arthritis, for whom the biologic therapies I was referring to are relevant. Most Canadians have osteoarthritis, which is

Health committee  Absolutely. A lot of the comments that have been made have been about how you create that evidence base through an independent assessment as to which ones are more effective than others. My point was simply that some of the new biologic therapies are not perfect substitutes for e

Health committee  Good morning. I am happy to appear before the committee. It's really a pleasure to be here this morning. Let me begin by thanking the standing committee for inviting me to appear today. I'd like to start with a couple of facts. First, arthritis is a disease. I say that becaus