there will be an estimated 247,100 new cancer cases in canada this year. some of these oncology patients will rely on new, innovative and potentially life-saving medications as their only hope. unfortunately, they may have to wait years to access them – time many won’t have.
so we, along with oncology patients across the country, applauded the recent announcement by ontario premier doug ford that he will focus attention on getting medications approved faster in canada during his role as chair of the council of the federation this year.
as ford noted, canada currently ranks a dismal last place in the g7 for the time it takes to approve and provide patients essential new medicines. in canada, this takes about two years – while other similar countries manage the process in half the time . canada must do much better.
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