In Manitoba's public drug plan, dispensing costs for one million tablets of the generic medicines reduced to 10%
(previously 18%) of their brand-name reference prices were 269 thousand Canadian dollars in FY 2014/15 and 305 thousand Canadian dollars in FY 2019/20. This statistic depicts the dispensing costs for tablets of common generic drugs by public drug plan in Canada comparing FY 2014/15 and FY 2019/20, in thousand Canadian dollars.
Dispensing costs for tablets of common generic drugs by public drug plan in Canada comparing 2014/2015 and 2019/2020*
(in 1,000 Canadian dollars)
* Subject to the pCPA–CGPA agreement that reduced the prices of these medicines to 10% of their brand-name reference price:
atorvastatin, ramipril, venlafaxine, amlodipine, omeprazole, rabeprazole, rosuvastatin, pantoprazole, citalopram, simvastatin, clopidogrel,
gabapentin, metformin, olanzapine, olanzapine ODT, donepezil, ezetimibe, quetiapine, ranitidine, and zopiclone.
Long-term care homes were excluded from this analysis, as they may not have a typical dispensing frequency due to the more
specialized needs of their patients. The following sub-plans were not included in the analysis: BC: Permanent Residents of Licensed
Residential Care Facilities; MB: Personal Home Care/Nursing Homes; NB: Individuals in Licensed Residential Facilities, Nursing
Home Residents; ON: Long Term Care, Home Care and Homes for Special Care. Yukon is not reported due to data limitations.
** Total results for the drug plans captured in this figure.
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PMPRB. (November 29, 2021). Dispensing costs for tablets of common generic drugs by public drug plan in Canada comparing 2014/2015 and 2019/2020* (in 1,000 Canadian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/712629/dispensing-costs-for-tablets-of-generic-drugs-in-canada-by-public-drug-plans/
PMPRB. "Dispensing costs for tablets of common generic drugs by public drug plan in Canada comparing 2014/2015 and 2019/2020* (in 1,000 Canadian dollars)." Chart. November 29, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 20, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/712629/dispensing-costs-for-tablets-of-generic-drugs-in-canada-by-public-drug-plans/
PMPRB. (2021). Dispensing costs for tablets of common generic drugs by public drug plan in Canada comparing 2014/2015 and 2019/2020* (in 1,000 Canadian dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 20, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/712629/dispensing-costs-for-tablets-of-generic-drugs-in-canada-by-public-drug-plans/
PMPRB. "Dispensing Costs for Tablets of Common Generic Drugs by Public Drug Plan in Canada Comparing 2014/2015 and 2019/2020* (in 1,000 Canadian Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/712629/dispensing-costs-for-tablets-of-generic-drugs-in-canada-by-public-drug-plans/
PMPRB, Dispensing costs for tablets of common generic drugs by public drug plan in Canada comparing 2014/2015 and 2019/2020* (in 1,000 Canadian dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/712629/dispensing-costs-for-tablets-of-generic-drugs-in-canada-by-public-drug-plans/ (last visited January 20, 2022)
