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In honor of the Royal Canadian Legion's Jubilee Year, tulip bulbs are being given to
school aged children across the nation. Gord 'fait and Gord Philips presented bulbs to
three young pupils at Clinton Public School, Shelley Harris, Grade 1; Vanessa Harris,
Grade 3 And Donny Dolmage, Grade 2. Growing the flowers will be a class project.
(Shelley McPhee photo)
Elston wants end to
unrealisticcing
the pharmacies will choose that manufac•
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TORONTO -Legislation to end the practice
of unrealistic drug pricing in Ontario will be
introduced in the legislature this fall, Health
Minister Murray Elston told a news con-
ference on September 3.
The new legislation will include
mechanisms to create realistic drug pricing
levels and to ensure pharmacies are reim-
bursed at fair and realistic rates, he said.
"The intent of this legiAation will be to
protect the Ontario consumer, to provide the
pharmacies of this province with fair
, remuneration for their Ontario Drug Benefit
(ODB) plan activities and to ensure that
competitive 'and realistic drug prices
prevail in the Ontario marketplace."
• The proposed legislation, Mr. Elston said,
will require drug manufacturers and
dispensers to provide drug purchasing data
to the ministry, , and will empower the
ministry to conduct audits to verify acquisi-
tion costs — the prices which pharmacies
pay for drugs.
Legislation will also end the, one-month
supply limit that currently exists on . drug -
benefit prescriptions, thus reducing costs
resulting from repeated dispensing fees. It
is anticipated the measure could save the
ODB more than $10 million a year.
Under the ODB, prescription drugs at no
charge are available to people 65 years and
older, those receiving provincial assistance
or home care and those living in extended
care facilities.
During the past six years the cost of finan-
cing the ODB has risen about 23 per cent an-
nually, to $350 million from $100 million.
The Ontario Drug Benefit Formulary, a
listing of about 2,300 drugs eligible for
dispensing under ODB, is published twice a
Afar by the ministry. Prices listed are based
on product prices submitted to the govern-
ment by drug manufacturers.
"A growing number of manufacturers
have found that their marketing position is
improved by submitting high price's for the
Formulary," Mr. Elston said. "The greater
the price spread between a manufacturer's
listed price and the actual selling price for
multiple -source drugs, the greater the profit
to pharmacies and the greater the chance
a
turer's product to stock and sell."
Multiple -source products are those for
which alternative generic drugs are listed in
the Formulary. ,
Some short-term corrective actions were
taken in Ontario in early 1984. After months
of discussion with pharmacy and the drug
industry, initiated by the Health Ministry,
an agreement resulted in a rollback on the
Formulary prices of 33 multiple -source
drugs.
Mr. Elston said. the 1984 Provincial
Auditor's report noted that Ontario had in-
curred an estimated $14.5 million in excess
costs under ODB as a result of price •
spreading practices. It also showed that
prices in the Ontario Formulary were
higher than those in Saskatchewan's For-
mulary for 80 per 'cent of the high volume
multi -source drugs that were compared.
"We now estimate that the spread .on the
33 drugs has grown back to about $7 million
a year in excess costs for ODB. In addition,
it is estimated that the spread on the ,next 20
high volume multiple -source drugs costs
about $12 million a year."
Because the ODB Formulary is used as a
pricing guide for most. prescription drug
purchases, Mr. Elston said, it creates
unrealistically high prices for cash
customers and those on other drug plans.
Mr. Elston said the decision to introduce
legislation was made after meetings
between the ministry an pharmacists and
drug manufacturers faile to produce a con-
sensus on how to resolve c ent drug pric-
ing problems.
Mr. Elston also anno ced that an up-
dated ODB Formulary, with 'realistic prices
effective September 16, will be published
and distributed to pharmacists within the
next two weeks.
Price levels foc 53 high volume multiple -
source drugs listed in the new Formulary
will be based upon and will reflect the best
market information available to the
ministry. Reflecting the rate of inflation, all
Other drugs will be subject to a maximum
increase of two per cent over and above
their prices listed in the January, 1985 For-
mulary.
Project assists handicapped
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In July, 1985, the Midwestern Region of
the Ontario Association for the Mentally
Retarded initiated a project funded through
the Trillium Foundation to provide
assistance to agencies serving people who
are developmentally handicapped, in
evaluating the programs they offer.
Over the. next nine months, the Trillium
Quality Assurance Project will coordinate
workshops and training sessions within Mid
dlesex, Huron, Perth, Oxford, ' Elgin and
Haldiman-Norfolk Counties so that
organizations may learn how best to ensure
the highest quality of life for consumers. Ad-
ditional areas to be explored,will include t
stated purposes of the agency, its basis fc
planning and the cost-effectiveness of ser-
vice provided. '
Such orientation should result in an in-
creased proficiency among agencies and
consumers in assessing the effectiveness -
and appropriateness of service provided
and lead ultimately to a greater degree of
excellence in that area. Local residents will
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