Drug battle still brewing
Posted Apr 13, 2010 02:41:12 PM.
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Another major drug store chain is putting pressure on the McGuinty government’s plans to rein in soaring drug costs.
But, Premier McGuinty says he has no sympathy for big drug stores threatening to cut services.
He adds the only sympathy is for consumers who pay too much for drugs.
Rexall announced today it will impose a hiring freeze at its corporate head office and will begin charging for prescription drug deliveries at its Ontario pharmacies.
It follows a move by Shoppers Drug Mart.
Shoppers is reducing store hours and is streamlining seven of its stores in the London area.
The province plans to cut generic drug costs by reducing payments from drug makers to pharmacies.
CEO of the Ontario Pharmacists Association Denis Darby tells 570’s Gary Doyle Show the the two sides need to sit down and discuss a better solution.
