Drug System Reforms
Investing in Innovative Health System Research
It is as important to understand the safety and effectiveness of drugs as it is to improve access and ensure value. That’s why Ontario created a Drug Innovation Fund in 2007. The fund provides Ontario researchers with $5 million available annually to examine the impact of drugs on patient outcomes, as well as their impact on the broader health system.
The Drug Innovation Fund provides funding to eligible researchers and organizations in Ontario to:
- Generate strong, high-quality, independent scientific evidence on the impact and value of new and existing drugs across the healthcare system. These outcomes could include non-drug health outcomes or expenditures, such as inpatient hospital expenditures, ambulatory care, physician visits, etc.
- Support and develop research capacity in the area of drugs and health outcomes in Ontario.
- Encourage researchers, clinicians and drug policy makers to work together to generate and use scientific research into the impact of drugs
See also :
- Improving patient access to drugs
- Ensuring better value for money
- Promoting the better use of medications
- Strengthening transparency and accountability in the public drug system
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