Accessibility of Cancer Drugs in Canada (NOPS 2010)

By Kong Khoo

Cancer Drug Access

  • Evolving methodology 2005 – 2007
  • Patient centered classification system for how cancer drugs are provided
  • Key national/provincial approval structures & processes
  • Defining barriers to access for cancer drugs
  • 24 drugs expanded to 42 drugs/ cancer indications
  • Payer landscape for cancer drugs
  • Ways forward to evolving national process & meeting cancer patients’ needs
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