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FAST Program
FAST Program (Canada has the strengths to lead in life sciences · Ontario’s FAST program is proof it can work) — "Mr. Magnelli points to Ontario’s Funding Acce…
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- Ontario’s FAST program shows that faster access and system sustainability are not mutually exclusive.
- The program was designed to accelerate access to select cancer medications.
- Ontario’s pilot helped funded treatments attain public reimbursement about 60 per cent faster than similar high-priority medicines.
- Where data was available, provincial listings in other provinces could be compared with Ontario’s listings.
- Listings in other provinces took up to four months longer than in Ontario.
- The average delay was three months.
