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PMPRB
PMPRB January 2012 NEWSletter Released
Included in this edition are:
- NEW – Web-Application for New Patented Medicines Reported to the PMPRB: On January 31, 2012, the PMPRB launched its user-friendly Web application for New Patented Medicines Reported to the PMPRB. This new application includes a complete list of medicines reported to the PMPRB since 1998 and is searchable by the year reported and by the status of the price review (for 2001 onward). The application is now available on the PMPRB’s website under Regulating Prices.
- 2011 CPI- Based Price-Adjustment Factors: The PMPRB has published the actual CPI adjustment factors that will be used in its calculation of the 2011 NEAPs. While the PMPRB had used a 2.2% inflation forecast in its determination of forecast CPI adjustment factors for 2011, the actual change in CPI for 2011 over 2010 was 2.9%. As a result, the actual CPI adjustment factors for 2011 are higher than the forecast (e.g., 3-yr adjustment of 1.051 vs 1.043, respectively) and the actual one-year increase cap has come in at 4.4% as opposed to the 3.3% previously forecast.
- Guidelines Monitoring and Evaluation Plan – Initial Results: The PMPRB published its “Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for the Major Changes in the Guidelines (GMEP)” on its website in June 2011.
- Voluntary Compliance Undertakings (VCUs) – see NEWSletter for details:
- Paladin Laboratories Inc. / Trinipatch.
- Celgene Corporation / Thalomid
- LEO Pharma Inc. / Dovobet,
- Other PMPRB NEWSletter topics covered include:
- NPDUIS – Release of Analytical Report
- New Patented Medicines Reported to the PMPRB
- Core Control Audit of the PMPRB
- Complaints Process on Prices of Patented Medicines Sold in Canada
- Hearings – Update
- Board Meeting Activities
- Upcoming Events
Quebec
Update to the Liste de médicaments
An updated Liste de médicaments – régime général d’assurance médicaments, dated February 1, 2012, is now available. Principal recommendations regarding the Liste de médicaments, effective February 1, 2012, are posted on the Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS)’s website. Please consult the February 2012 Avis au Ministre for more details about the Minister’s decisions regarding INESSS’s principal recommendations.
