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Alberta Strikes Deal to Off-Load Remaining Batch of Controversial Children's Medicine
- On June 27, 2025, Alberta's government began distributing a contentious $70-million supply of leftover children's medication for pain and fever, originally purchased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Alberta purchased 1.4 million bottles in 2022 during a national shortage but stopped distribution after health workers reported safety concerns and only received about 30 percent of the shipment.
- The medicine is being given to Health Partners International of Canada, which will facilitate its delivery to communities in need, including some shipments directed to areas affected by the conflict in Ukraine.
- Kristi Bland, a spokeswoman for Alberta Health Services, stated that initial shipments of the medicine have been dispatched from Alberta, with further deliveries planned over the next several months.
- The stockpile caused political controversy, prompted investigations, and the government faces criticism for refusing responsibility and lacking a plan to recoup funds from the $80 million medicine shipment.
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castanet.net+7 Reposted by 7 other sources
Alberta strikes deal to off-load remaining batch of controversial children's medicine
Three years after Alberta's government paid $70 million for children's pain and fever medicine, its front-line health provider says it has worked out a deal to off-load what remains of the controversial stockpile.
·Kelowna, Canada
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Corrective to June 27 story on Alberta offloading controversial medicine stockpile
In a story that moved on June 27 about Alberta taking steps to offload a stockpile of a controversial pediatric pain medication, The Canadian Press erroneously identified the president of Health Partners International Canada as Jackie Cousins. In fact, her…
·Peterborough, Canada
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