Prescription Drug Prices in
Canada and the United States—Part 3
Retail Price Distribution
Acknowledgements & About the contributors
Acknowledgments
The author would like to thank the following colleagues at The Fraser Institute: Professor Steve Easton, Shahrokh Shahabi-Azad, and Christopher Schlegel for advice on statistics; and Dr. Michael Walker and Professor Herb Grubel for reviewing the paper. The author would also like to thank Professor Allan T. Sorensen of the University of California, San Diego's Department of Economics and Professor David S. Hill of the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences for reviewing the paper.
About the contributors
John R. Graham, the author of this study, is Senior Analyst and Acting Director of the Pharmaceutical Policy Research Centre at The Fraser Institute. He has worked as a management consultant and investment banker in Canada and Europe and previously served as an infantry officer in the Canadian Army in Canada, Germany, and Cyprus. He received his B.A. (Honours) in Economics and Commerce from the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, and his M.B.A. from the London Business School, University of London, in England. He is the co-author of Prescription Drug Prices in Canada and the United States--Part 1: A Comparative Survey (Public Policy Sources 42) and author of Prescription Drug Prices in Canada and the United States--Part 2: Why the Difference? (Public Policy Sources 43), published by The Fraser Institute. The fourth paper in the series, The "Canadianization" of American Drug Prices and its Effect on Pharmaceutical Innovation will be published later this year.
Tanya Tabler, who gathered much of the data for this project, is a student in the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Alberta. Prior to this she completed her pre-professional requirements at Red Deer College. Her experience in pharmacy includes working as an assistant at a community pharmacy in Red Deer, Alberta as well as involvement with the Alberta Collaborative Health Interdisciplinary Learning Initiatives and the Alberta Pharmacy Students Association.
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