The executive director of Canada’s drug pricing regulator is stepping down — just days after another member resigned because of concerns that the federal government was undermining the independent body’s work. cdnpoli
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Herder, who published his letter on social media, said he no longer believed it was possible to serve the public good in his role, which he had held since 2018. The pharmaceutical industry challenged the proposed regulations, and when Quebec’s Court of Appeal ruled that some parts were unconstitutional, the federal government didn’t seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
He said that despite the board’s gradual approach to implementation and communication of its plans with pharmaceutical companies, “the government accepted again and again industry’s claim that it needed more time to comply with the new regulations.”Article content “It is difficult enough for a sector-specific regulator to do its job in the face of a hostile industry. But when government adds its voice to that of industry, all that lies before the regulator is an endless tunnel with no light,” Herder said.
Davies called allegations of interference from government into the progress of the drug cost regulator “deeply concerning.”
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