The nine elements included the following: develop, assess and cost options for catastrophic pharmaceutical coverage; Establish a common National Drug Formulary for participating jurisdictions based on safety and cost effectiveness; Accelerate access to breakthrough drugs for unmet health needs through improvements to the drug approval process; Strengthen evaluation of real-world drug safety and effectiveness; Pursue purchasing strategies to obtain best prices for Canadians for drugs and vaccines; Enhance action to influence the prescribing behaviour of health care professionals so that drugs are used only when needed and the right drug is used for the right problem; Broaden the practice of e-prescribing through accelerated development
...[+++] and deployment of the Electronic Health Record; Accelerate access to non-patented drugs and achieve international parity on prices of non-patented drugs; and Enhance analysis of cost drivers and cost-effectiveness, including best practices in drug plan policies.
