Price of drug patents in Canada

Daphne C Lainson and Nancy Pei examine Canada’s final amendments to the Patented Medicines Pricing Regulations, that aim to offer protection against excessive costs

Daphne C Lainson and Nancy Pei - Smart & Biggar

The long-anticipated amended Patented Medicines Regulations (PMRs) “modernising” the pricing framework for patented medicines were officially published on 21 August 2019, with a coming into force date of 1 July 2020.