Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

Last week, Alberta Health Services and Alberta’s auditor general announced they will be looking into questions surrounding health procurement.

Non-profit group Doctors for America sued OPM, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services.

A recent report from the Globe and Mail cites a letter from the former head of AHS saying she was subject to pressure by various provincial officials to sign off on contracts for private surgical facilities, despite concerns over how much was being paid and who was benefiting.

In December, Health Canada published regulations amending the current guidance pertaining to recalls of food, drugs and medical devices.

Alberta’s front-line health provider says it will stop awarding contracts to firms at the centre of an auditor’s investigation into what the Opposition NDP calls unprecedented allegations of corruption.

Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi is calling for four investigations and for Premier Danielle Smith to answer questions on what he calls unprecedented allegations of high-level corruption into medical purchases and surgery contracts.

A Ministry of Health investigative unit says a ‘significant portion of opioids prescribed by doctors and pharmacists in British Columbia are being diverted—and prescribed alternatives are being trafficked provincially, nationally and internationally.

The case appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of sending abortion pills to another state, at least since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.