Some examples of our current activities in the a
rea of the national prescription drug utilization information system our acronym is NPDUIS include an analytical report on pharmaceutical trends; a study to forecast pharmaceutical costs; the development of a methodology and reporting guidelines to assist the pharmaceutical industry in meeting requirements of federal, provincial, and territorial
drug plans for more transparent budget impact analyses; and the monitoring of new
drugs in the pipeline that are expected to potentially have an important impact on
drug ...[+++] therapy and underlying drug plan budgets. On November 2, 2005, this role was expanded further when the federal Minister of Health, on behalf of the FPT ministers of health, directed the PMPRB to report on prices of non-patented prescription drugs, usually referred to as mostly generics.
Le 2 novembre 2005, ce rôle a été élargi davantage après que le ministre fédéral de la Santé ait demandé au conseil, au nom des ministres fédéral, provinciaux et territoriaux de la Santé, de faire rapport des prix des médicaments non brevetés distribués sous ordonnance, généralement appelés médicaments génériques.