pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance

Conducting collective expert-informed negotiations for drugs.

Recent updates

What's new at the pCPA

November 22, 2024 - The pCPA Board of Directors is happy to announce the release of the 2023–24 impact report. This report covers an important timeframe for the pCPA, as we transitioned to a stand-alone organization and introduced a new structure with a CEO and board of directors.

The pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) is an independent organization whose membership includes the provincial, territorial and federal governments. Member jurisdictions collaborate on a range of public drug plan initiatives to increase and manage access to clinically effective and affordable drug treatments.

One of the pCPA’s key roles is to conduct joint negotiations for brand name and generic drugs in Canada in order to achieve greater value for publicly funded drug programs and patients through its combined negotiating power. Its objectives are to:

  • Increase access to clinically relevant and cost-effective treatments
  • Achieve consistent and lower drug costs
  • Improve consistency in funding decisions
  • Reduce duplication and optimize resource utilization

Member jurisdictions

The pCPA member jurisdictions include public drug plans from: