Clark said he had attempted to contact Duclos’ chief of staff and senior policy adviser by text messages, emails and phone calls prior to that letter in order to brief the minister on the proposed guidelines but got no response. He said he documented each of those attempts.NDP calling for investigation of federal health minister amid crisis within Canada's drug pricing regulator
Liberal MPs on the committee asked the PMPRB members if they ever considered why Duclos or his department was too busy to answer their queries, given that they were dealing with a shortage of children’s medicine at the time. Clark acknowledged that “it was a crazy time all around for sure” but reiterated that Duclos remains the only minister of health whom he had not briefed during his tenure.
Clark had a different explanation. He said Bourassa Forcier was willing to pause the consultations, as asked by the minister. The proposed changes include altering the list of countries the PMPRB uses as a point of comparison when setting drug prices, introducing new economic factors for the regulator to use in determining whether a price is deemed “excessive” and requiring drug manufacturers to report “confidential rebates” to third parties such as public or private insurers.
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