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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 621481" data-attributes="member: 23950">Alberta cuts generic drug costs&nbsp;Last Updated: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 | 4:29 PM MT <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/credit.html" target="_blank">CBC News</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2008/11/03/tp-pharmacy-pills-200712.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Alberta has set aside $5 million to provide an allowance for all pharmacies for each prescription less than $75. (CBC) &nbsp;Prices for new generic drugs will be reduced from 75 per cent to 45 per cent of the brand-name drug price, the Alberta government said Tuesday.Prices for existing generic drugs will also be reduced starting next April, said Minister of Health and Wellness Ron Liepert.&quot;Prescription drug costs continue to climb, and we need to bring those costs down for Albertans,&quot; said Liepert. &quot;The next phase of our pharmaceutical strategy will reduce the out-of-pocket costs of prescription drugs for all Albertans, allow for quicker access to new drugs and give pharmacists a greater role in patient care.&quot;&nbsp;Few problems solved since yesterdays announcement !</blockquote>

[QUOTE="klein, post: 621481, member: 23950"] [B]Alberta cuts generic drug costs[/B] [B][I]Last Updated: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 | 4:29 PM MT [/I][URL="http://www.cbc.ca/news/credit.html"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]CBC News[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/B] [IMG]http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2008/11/03/tp-pharmacy-pills-200712.jpg[/IMG][I]Alberta has set aside $5 million to provide an allowance for all pharmacies for each prescription less than $75. [/I][I](CBC)[/I] Prices for new generic drugs will be reduced from 75 per cent to 45 per cent of the brand-name drug price, the Alberta government said Tuesday. Prices for existing generic drugs will also be reduced starting next April, said Minister of Health and Wellness Ron Liepert. "Prescription drug costs continue to climb, and we need to bring those costs down for Albertans," said Liepert. "The next phase of our pharmaceutical strategy will reduce the out-of-pocket costs of prescription drugs for all Albertans, allow for quicker access to new drugs and give pharmacists a greater role in patient care." [COLOR=navy][B]Few problems solved since yesterdays announcement ![/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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