Budgets/Spending/Market Size

Cost for cancer fighting drugs triples in Canada but still no national drug plan

The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board has released data showing cancer medications account for about 15 per cent of all spending on pharmaceuticals.
Up to 85% of community pharmacies in England will be in deficit by 2024: report

Currently, between 28% and 38% of U.K. community pharmacies are in deficit, the report estimated.
Women and children first
Canada signs agreements for millions of COVID-19 vaccines
Canada vaccine deals criticized as minister affirms support for equal access
Ontario prepared to ask surgeons to start working weekends to clear backlog
Systematic SARS-CoV-2 testing of school kids: costs and resource needs

Actively testing large groups of people at increased risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) could be a component of Canada’s strategy to get people safely back to school and work, finds new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
All provinces and territories have upped orders for flu vaccines

Canada’s provinces and territories have ordered more influenza vaccine this year to meet an anticipated surge in demand. Will it be enough?

Specialists' group raises concerns over OMA project on practice overhead