print email comment close Patented Medicines Prices Review Board (PMPRB) URL: http://www.pmprb-cepmb.gc.ca/ Description: This Canadian board "is an independent, quasi-judicial body" created to protect consumers from escalating prices for pharmaceuticals. PMPRB provides annual reports to the Canadian Parliament on price trends for medicines in Canada and on "the ratio of research & development expenditure to sales by patentees." The site includes annual reports back to 1996, newsletters, related publications, and legislation. Searchable. Available in French and English. Publisher: Patented Medicines Prices Review Board (PMPRB) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Drugs -- Prices -- Canada Prescription pricing -- Canada LII Database Information: Record 8869 created by Margaret Myhre on 10/22/2003 Last modification on 10/27/2003 Published: 10/22/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/8869