Drugmakers $50m Canadian savings
April 17, 2013
An innovative program offered by
“leading Canadian research-based
pharmaceutical companies” which
enables patients to stay on their
brand-name medications at generic
prices is being claimed to have
saved consumers $50m last year.
The RxHelp scheme connects
patients to “payment assistance
programs” run by the drugmakers,
with special cards available for
Canadian consumers on medication
for a range of conditions including
high cholesterol, arrhythmia, ADHD,
migraines, asthma and also some
contraceptives.
Patients take a valid prescription
from their doctor and present it at
a pharmacy along with an RxHelp
Patient Choice card, which can be
used at any Canadian pharmacy.
The pharmacist then dispenses
the brand-name medicine.
The cards are downloadable to a
smartphone or printable as a PDF,
and are free of charge with full
patient privacy protection.
Medications included in the
scheme include Lipitor, Alesse,
Effexor, Strattera, Singular, Norvasc
and Maxalt, with the cards used
more than 1.2 milion times in 2012.
See www.RxHelp.ca.
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