Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
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Voluntary Compliance Undertakings

A Voluntary Compliance Undertaking (VCU) is a written commitment by a patentee to comply with the Board´s Guidelines including adjusting its price to a non-excessive level and offsetting excess revenue. Patentees are given an opportunity to submit a VCU when Board Staff concludes, following an investigation, that the price of a patented drug product sold in Canada appears to have exceeded the Guidelines. A VCU can also be submitted following the issuance of a Notice of Hearing but must then be approved by the Hearing Panel. 

The PMPRB publishes Voluntary Compliance Undertakings (VCUs) once they are approved by the Chairperson. As soon as a patentee has been informed that the terms of a VCU have been approved, the document becomes public and is reported in the NEWSletter and the Annual Report.  

Summaries of VCUs by year 


 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | LM | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z


  A

ABILIFY (February 2011)

ADENOSCAN (May 2010)

AIROMIR (May 2007)

  • VCU by 3M Canada Company(PDF)
  • Board Order(PDF)
  • Press Release(PDF)

ANAPROX (August 1999)

ANDRIOL (September 2009)

ANDROGEL (June 2008)

AROMASIN (April 2003)

AVONEX PS (July 2012)

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B

BANZEL (November 2012)

BREVIBLOC (September 2009)

BUSULFEX (November 2004)

BUSULFEX (June 2010)

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C

CERETEC (July 2005)

CLARITIN (October 2009)

CONCERTA (April 2009)

  • VCU by Janssen-Ortho Inc. (PDF)
  • Board Order (PDF)
  • Communiqué (PDF)

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D

DENAVIR (April 2008)

DICETEL (May 2010)

DIFFERIN PLEDGET (September 2002)

DIFLUCAN (May 2012)

DOSTINEX (October 2003)

DOVOBET (December 2007)

DOVOBET (January 2012)

DUKORAL (December 2005)

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E

EFFIENT (October 2011)

ELIGARD (March 2009)

  • VCU by sanofi-aventis Canada Inc. (PDF)

ELOXATIN (June 2006)

EVRA (February 2005)

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F

FASLODEX (October 2010)

FASTURTEC (June 2004)

FSME-IMMUN (March 2010)

FORTEO (June 2007)

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H

HABITROL (October 1994)

HALAVEN (December 2012)

HEXTEND (July 2006)

HUMALOG (April 1998)

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L

LANTUS (March 2008)

LEVEMIR (May 2010)

LYRICA (November 2012)

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I

IFEX (December 2012)

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M

MAVIK (April 2013)

  • VCU by Abbott Laboratories Limited (PDF)

MIOCHOL-E (September 2010)


N

NASONEX (October 2011)

NEULASTA (October 2009)

  • VCU by Amgen Canada Inc.(PDF)
  • Board Order (PDF)
  • Communiqué (PDF)

NIASPAN (May 2011)

NOVOLIN (April 2013)

NUVARING™ (June 2006)

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O

ONE-ALPHA (May 2004)

ORGALUTRAN (October 2011)

ORTHO 7/7/7 (September 2005)

OCTREOSCAN (September 2007)

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P

PARIET (May 2012)

PAXIL CR (March 2010)

PAXIL CR (March 2005)

PLAVIX (June 2000)

PRECEDEX (March 2012)

PROCYTOX (December 2012)

PROLASTIN (July 2004)

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R

REMICADE ( March 31, 2003)

RISPERDAL (December 2005)

RISPERDAL CONSTA (June 2007)

  • VCU by Janssen-Ortho Inc.(PDF
  • Board Order(PDF
  • Press Release(PDF)

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S

SINEMET CR (July 2011)

STARLIX (July 2005)

STARNOC (July 2004)

STRATTERA (February 2009)

  • VCU by Eli Lilly Canada Inc. (PDF)
  • Board Order (PDF)
  • Communiqué (PDF)

SUPRANE (April 2011)

SUPRAX (March 2009)

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T

TACTUO (April 2013)

  • VCU by Galderma Canada Inc. (PDF)
  • Board Order (PDF)

TAMIFLU (March 2005)

TASIGNA (October 2010)

TECHNESCAN MAG3 (May 2011)

THALOMID (January 2012)

TRILEPTAL (May 2012)

TRINIPATCH (November 2009)

TRINIPATCH (May 2011)

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U

UROMITEXAN (December 2012)

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V

VANCOCIN (July 2010)

VANIQA (February 2008)

VEPESID (February 2009)

VOLUVEN (February 2010)

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X

XARELTO (January 2010)

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Z

ZANAFLEX (October 2001)

ZEMPLAR (September 2007)

  • Board Order (PDF)
  • VCU by Abbot Laboratories Canada (PDF)
  • Communiqué (PDF

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