Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal of Ontario generic drug rules

OTTAWA ? The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to consider two cases that pit major pharmacies against the Ontario government?s rules on private-label generic drugs.

The justices say they will hear a pair of appeals brought by Shoppers Drug Mart and other big pharmacy chains.

The companies won a lower court case last year that threw out government rules barring pharmacies from substituting their own generic versions of name-brand drugs.

But the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned that and restored the regulations.

The court battles reflect moves by the deficit-strapped Ontario government to cut health-care costs as it struggles to balance its books over the next few years.

As usual, the justices gave no reasons for their decision to hear the appeal.

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Source: http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/08/30/supreme-court-of-canada-to-hear-appeal-of-ontario-generic-drug-rules/

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