Health Sciences 1002A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Profit Motive, Health Canada, Pharmaceutical Marketing
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Health science chapter 14: the pharmaceutical industry and health canada. The public sector does much of the basic research that leads to the development of new medicines. Only select groups of professionals (doctors, dentists, and in some cases optometrists, nurse practitioners, podiatrists and midwives) can prescribe medicines, and another professional, a pharmacist has to dispense them. The cost of prescription medications is not generally covered by provincial and territorial publicly funded insurance plans. Individuals who are unable to afford the cost of prescription drugs either do not fill their prescriptions of compromise their efficacy by not adhering to directions prescribed by their doctor. Affordability of prescription drugs is a growing concern for more canadians as the cost of drugs escalates. User fees a general term applied when an individual, group, company or organization that benefits from a public service is required to pay part of the cost of that service.