Pro-pharma lobbying picks up as pharmacare bill nears final approval

Groups opposed to a single-payer pharmacare plan stage communications blitz

Madison McLauchlan
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Madison McLauchlan

8 July, 2024 • 5 min read

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An employee places drugs on a shelf inside a pharmacy.

Pharmaceutical manufacturers are intensely lobbying the Canadian government as legislators debate a bill that would lower drug prices for some consumers. (Sue Ogrocki/The Associated Press)

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Lobby groups representing the pharmaceutical and insurance industries are upping their lobbying activities as national pharmacare legislation inches closer to becoming law.

Pro-pharma lobbying picks up as pharmacare bill nears final approval

Madison McLauchlan

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