New Brunswickers will no longer be paying higher prices than elsewhere in the country for generic prescription drugs.
Health Minister Madeleine Dube says that's unfair -- so after about a year of consultations with the public and pharmacies - Dube says the price of generic drugs will be capped at 40-percent of the cost of brand names beginning June 1st - that will drop to 35-percent by December 1st.
The minister says the move will mean a savings of 16-million a year - six million of that will be funnelled to the pharmacies as part of the deal negotiated.
