The impact of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement on prescription drug expenditures in Canada.: YN5-176/2019E-PDF

"The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) provides an extension to the term of protection for data resulting from drug trials. The extension applies to a category of pharmaceuticals known as innovative biologics. These are drugs with complex structures that have become increasingly popular. In recent years, pharmaceutical companies have been seeking extensions to the terms of data protection for such biologics to bolster the market exclusivity given by patents"--Executive summary, page 1.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
Title The impact of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement on prescription drug expenditures in Canada.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Incidence de l'Accord Canada-États-Unis-Mexique sur les dépenses en médicaments d'ordonnance au Canada.
Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information Ottawa, Canada : Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer = Bureau du directeur parlementaire du budget, 2 April 2019.
Description 1 online resource (37 pages).
Catalogue number
  • YN5-176/2019E-PDF
Subject terms Trade agreements
Drugs
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