Health committee  I see the PMPRB as a consumer protection organization. I have worked for a consumer protection organization in Quebec, where I was one of the editors of their consumer protection magazine. The concept of a consumer protection organization is that industry is very powerful and tha

Health committee  Yes, we recommend that the reforms go ahead. They've already been delayed twice, so I hope they're not going to be delayed again.

Health committee  I think they are concerned about their own profits. Certainly the United States is very concerned about high drug prices too, and is looking to Canada. If Canada gets an effective reform in place, I think there's certainly some concern on the part of the companies that the United

Health committee  In my opinion, I haven't seen evidence that it will, but obviously it's up to the companies where they do their clinical trials. I'm not sure how important the PMPRB guidelines are to those decisions, but I don't have....

Health committee  No. As Dr. Morgan said, I don't see evidence that the really good, important drugs won't come here. There's going to be the demand. I don't see how the provinces are not going to want to welcome drugs that are actually going to make a difference. Canada is certainly a smaller ma

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee members, for inviting us to present at these hearings. Thirty years ago, four of us started Canada's first breast cancer advocacy group because we believed in the potential of these groups to support and promote the needs of patients. Unfort