Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Aaron Sousa
Publication Date: June 27, 2025 - 18:19
Alberta strikes deal to off-load remaining batch of controversial children’s medicine
June 27, 2025
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.Alberta Health Services spokeswoman Kristi Bland, in a Friday statement, confirmed the medicine is being donated to the charity group Health Partners International of Canada to distribute to “vulnerable communities worldwide.”
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