Stakeholders told Health Canada their ideas ranging from a stronger domestic market and better website materials to tracking drugs with AI and adding punishments around not reporting.
The Ontario Pharmacists Association has come out against the new fee, calling it a shift towards ‘U.S. PBM-style operations and business practices into the Canadian market.’
The new streamlined pathway, which is also open to pharmacy technicians from Great Britain, exempts applicants from these countries from the national licensing exam and internship requirement.