Documents Reveal What Happened Inside the Discord at Canada’s Drug-Price Regulator

Documents Reveal What Happened Inside the Discord at Canada’s Drug-Price Regulator
Prescription drugs are seen on shelves at a pharmacy in Montreal, on March 11, 2021. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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Internal emails from the agency tasked with regulating the price of patented drugs in Canada shows discord and division was sparked by a letter from the health minister, culminating in an indefinite pause on major drug-price reforms and several resignations.

Emails released to the House of Commons committee on health suggest some on the regulator’s board believed the crisis that followed the minister’s letter threatened the very survival of the agency.