The Fight Over Pharmaceuticals

Read our blog post "Bending the health care cost curve" http://bit.ly/c3YG9D In an effort to curb healthcare costs in Ontario, the McGuinty government has introduced pharmaceutical reforms. Will this lower drug prices for patients or bankrupt pharmacies? The first of two Your Agenda Thursdays looking at Bending the Healthcare Cost Curve. GUESTS Adam Radwanski reports on provincial affairs from Queens Park for The Globe and Mail. Jillian Clare Kohler is an assistant professor in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto, and principal researcher of the Initiative for Drug Equity and Access. Susan Eng is vice president advocacy with CARP - an advocacy group for the fifty-plus. A lawyer by profession, she is also a director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Ben Shenouda is the president of the Independent Pharmacists of Ontario.