Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 May 2020
Manufacturer of cystic fibrosis drug offers it for free during pandemic if feds negotiate on pricing
6 May 2020 - A pharmaceutical company that makes life-saving drugs for cystic fibrosis patients has offered to provide their medications for free during the pandemic if the Canadian government negotiates proposed changes to the country’s drug-pricing system.
The American biopharmaceutical company, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, manufactures a breakthrough drug called Trikafta, which can significantly help people living with cystic fibrosis.
The drug was approved in the U.S. in 2019, but it’s not available in Canada yet because Vertex Pharmaceuticals has not submitted it to Health Canada for approval citing concerns with proposed regulatory changes to the country’s medicine-pricing rules.
