Total spending on drugs in Canada was forecasted, by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), to have reached $26.9 billion in 2007, an increase of 7.2% over the previous year 1 . Drug expenses were forecasted to represent 16.8% of total healthcare spending in 2007. Drug expenditure growth was lower in 2007 than the 11% increase reported in 2005 and the 9.1% increase in 2003. CIHI ...
