Budgets/Spending/Market Size

Between 2004 and 2011, the total budgets at Canada’s medical regulators nearly doubled

Another federal budget cycle has passed without remedy for the biggest unresolved problem in our healthcare system. From 1980 to 2010, spending on pharmaceuticals used outside of hospitals in Canada grew more than 15-fold, from just under $2 billion to just over $30 billion. Yes, billion.