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From CBC News..
OTTAWA - Taxpayers will be not be on the hook for a bureaucratic fumble over an order of the anthrax medication Cipro.
Generic drug manufacturer Apotex says it will absorb the $1.5-million cost that it would have charged the government if the one million tablets weren't needed.
Health Minister Allan Rock's department ordered Cipro from Apotex, saying the patentholder, Bayer, told the government it could not fill its order.
Health Canada produced two affidavits with names and titles blacked out from two officials who say they made the calls to Bayer last Wednesday.
The first official says a Bayer customer service representative "told me that Bayer had no more Cipro available."
From CTV News
Bayer to offer Canada lower Cipro price
After agreeing to provide the U.S. government with a reduced price for the anti-anthrax drug Cipro, drug maker Bayer announced Wednesday it will offer Canada a similar deal.
The United States government and Bayer negotiated a tentative deal Wednesday to obtain Cipro for 95 cents US per pill. Bayer has been charging the government $1.87 US a pill.
Canadian Health Minister Allan Rock wrote Bayer Canada on Wednesday demanding they lower the price for Canada as well. Bayer responded that it would provide Health Canada with 1 million tablets of Cipro "at the same effective price supplied to the U.S. government."
Bayer says discussions to finalize the details of this arrangement are ongoing and would not clarify the exact price
The deal negotiated Tuesday night between Health Canada and Apotex means Rock can now fight off criticism that he's paying for the effective anti-anthrax medication twice.
Bayer AG, which holds the patent for Cipro, threatened to sue Health Canada when the federal agency went through with its $1.5-million contract to Apotex.
To avoid litigation, the two sides agreed to a deal Monday night in which Health Canada promised to purchase the antibiotic from Bayer if the drug maker can supply one million tablets within 48 hours of a request.
As part of the agreement, the Apotex order will be transferred to Bayer and will only be used if Bayer is unable to supply Cipro.
"The bottom line is that Canadians will have the protection they need in case there is an emergency and the government will not have to pay twice
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Well Todd Looks like your Debacle has been shot down.
OTTAWA - Taxpayers will be not be on the hook for a bureaucratic fumble over an order of the anthrax medication Cipro.
Generic drug manufacturer Apotex says it will absorb the $1.5-million cost that it would have charged the government if the one million tablets weren't needed.
Health Minister Allan Rock's department ordered Cipro from Apotex, saying the patentholder, Bayer, told the government it could not fill its order.
Health Canada produced two affidavits with names and titles blacked out from two officials who say they made the calls to Bayer last Wednesday.
The first official says a Bayer customer service representative "told me that Bayer had no more Cipro available."
From CTV News
Bayer to offer Canada lower Cipro price
After agreeing to provide the U.S. government with a reduced price for the anti-anthrax drug Cipro, drug maker Bayer announced Wednesday it will offer Canada a similar deal.
The United States government and Bayer negotiated a tentative deal Wednesday to obtain Cipro for 95 cents US per pill. Bayer has been charging the government $1.87 US a pill.
Canadian Health Minister Allan Rock wrote Bayer Canada on Wednesday demanding they lower the price for Canada as well. Bayer responded that it would provide Health Canada with 1 million tablets of Cipro "at the same effective price supplied to the U.S. government."
Bayer says discussions to finalize the details of this arrangement are ongoing and would not clarify the exact price
The deal negotiated Tuesday night between Health Canada and Apotex means Rock can now fight off criticism that he's paying for the effective anti-anthrax medication twice.
Bayer AG, which holds the patent for Cipro, threatened to sue Health Canada when the federal agency went through with its $1.5-million contract to Apotex.
To avoid litigation, the two sides agreed to a deal Monday night in which Health Canada promised to purchase the antibiotic from Bayer if the drug maker can supply one million tablets within 48 hours of a request.
As part of the agreement, the Apotex order will be transferred to Bayer and will only be used if Bayer is unable to supply Cipro.
"The bottom line is that Canadians will have the protection they need in case there is an emergency and the government will not have to pay twice
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Well Todd Looks like your Debacle has been shot down.
