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February 26, 2019

Canada is not a “free rider” on drug pricing according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “High Drug Prices, Big R&D Spenders and “Free Riders”: Canada in the Topsy Turvy World of Pharmaceuticals”, authors Åke Blomqvist and Rosalie Wyonch find that relative to its peers, Canada does not free ride on US research and development spending.

Åke Blomqvist

Åke Blomqvist currently serves as a Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute.

Rosalie Wyonch

Rosalie Wyonch is a Senior Policy Analyst and leads the C.D. Howe Institute's Health Policy Council and Research Initiative. Her research focuses on policy issues affecting healthcare in Canada.