Cory Cowan

Drug Watch 2009

Let’s start with the good news. ESI Canada’s annual drug trend analysis found that private drug spend increased by 5% nationally in 2008 (an increase of $33 per claimant, from $665 to $698) compared to a 7.1% increase in the average drug spend per claimant in 2007. This lower drug trend is due, in part, […]

  • June 1, 2009 September 13, 2019
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Dollars & Drugs

The introduction of new drugs and the increase of patient use will most certainly add to the health costs faced by plan sponsors. Canadians owe a large part of their longer lives to a better standard of living, healthier lifestyles and, of course, new and better medications that target specific illnesses. However, newer medications often […]

  • June 1, 2007 September 13, 2019
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