[e-drug] RFI: Hospital pharmaceutical procurement in Sweden and Canada? (2)

[joel.lexchin@utoronto.ca]

E-DRUG: RFI: Hospital pharmaceutical procurement in Sweden and Canada? (2)
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dear E-druggers,

Sorry for the delay in responding but I've been traveling and had  
intermittent e mail access.

The situation in Canada varies considerably from province to province  
and from city to city. In Toronto some of the teaching hospitals  
jointly buy some drugs together but I believe that it's an ad hoc  
arrangement. I'm not sure what goes on in other places. The exception  
in the province of Ontario is with cancer drugs that are administered  
in hospital. Here all of the drugs are purchased by the provincial  
government and supplied to the hospitals where cancer care is delivered.

I'll contact one of the pharmacists at the hospital where i work and  
see if he has any additional information.

regards

Joel Lexchin
121 Walmer Rd.
Toronto, ON
Canada
joel.lexchin@utoronto.ca