title: Provinces create centralized system for assessing new drugs.
abstract: Provincial health ministers have created a common drug-review process for assessing whether new drugs should be place on provincial formularies. The new system will save money, but will it improve access?
authors.forename: Glen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hillson
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D017046:Cost Savings; D017277:Drug Approval / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005569:Formularies as Topic; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs