The PMPRB conducts international price comparisons for new and existing patented medicines.
To convert foreign prices to Canadian dollars, the Board uses the average of 36 month exchange rates published by the Bank of Canada.
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PMPRB 36 Month Exchange Rates for New Patented Medicines by Month / Year of Introduction (Date of First Sale)
The PMPRB conducts international price comparisons for new and existing patented medicines. To convert foreign prices to Canadian dollars for new medicines, the Board uses the simple average of the 36 monthly noon spot exchange rates published by the Bank of Canada taken to eight decimal places for the 36 months ending four months before the date of the first sale of the medicine. The average exchange rates in the following table reflect the PMPRB methodology.
Intro Month Sweden Switzerland UK US EURO
(France, Italy &
Germany)Jan-08 0.16093889 0.94349167 2.17687222 1.16712778 1.48466389 Feb-08 0.16040000 0.93921111 2.17018889 1.15983889 1.48057778 Mar-08 0.15981944 0.93418889 2.16297500 1.15229167 1.47582222 Apr-08 0.15926389 0.92971667 2.15672222 1.14593056 1.47206111 May-08 0.15851944 0.92466667 2.14766667 1.13993056 1.46731111 Jun-08 0.15798056 0.92136667 2.13907222 1.13398056 1.46404722 Jul-08 0.15741944 0.91792500 2.12857778 1.12729722 1.46017222 Aug-08 0.15710833 0.91665556 2.11992778 1.12135000 1.45881389 Sep-08 0.15699444 0.91571389 2.11063056 1.11518056 1.45874444 Oct-08 0.15681667 0.91367222 2.10051667 1.10806667 1.45769167 Nov-08 0.15698333 0.91369722 2.09343056 1.10185833 1.45976111 Dec-08 0.15733333 0.91482222 2.08992222 1.09602500 1.46320833 Jan-09 0.15758056 0.91530278 2.08501389 1.09186944 1.46578056 Feb-09 0.15769444 0.91595556 2.07873611 1.08855556 1.46789444 Mar-09 0.15794444 0.91932778 2.07639167 1.08875556 1.47215000 Apr-09 0.15815000 0.92270000 2.07132778 1.08978611 1.47661389 May-09 0.15837222 0.92802778 2.06595556 1.09182778 1.48456944 Jun-09 0.15838056 0.93309444 2.05835278 1.09374444 1.49067500 Jul-09 0.15835278 0.93835833 2.05242222 1.09641667 1.49682222 Aug-09 0.15833889 0.94412222 2.04610278 1.09939167 1.50396389 Sep-09 0.15828889 0.94896944 2.03993889 1.10161944 1.50983056 Oct-09 0.15820000 0.95261389 2.03174444 1.10276944 1.51418611 Nov-09 0.15798611 0.95645000 2.02593056 1.10312222 1.51886389 Dec-09 0.15771944 0.96000278 2.01908611 1.10292778 1.52298611 Jan-10 0.15762222 0.96308056 2.01019444 1.10209167 1.52630833 Feb-10 0.15766389 0.96710556 2.00083056 1.10113611 1.53065556 Mar-10 0.15760278 0.97091389 1.98950556 1.09908889 1.53452500 Apr-10 0.15737778 0.97440833 1.97795833 1.09696111 1.53771667 May-10 0.15680000 0.97636389 1.96263333 1.09422222 1.53813333 Jun-10 0.15618056 0.97811111 1.94547222 1.09052778 1.53704167 Jul-10 0.15558889 0.97923889 1.92763611 1.08736389 1.53464722 Aug-10 0.15493333 0.97923611 1.90723611 1.08333056 1.53022778 Sep-10 0.15419722 0.97935000 1.88739167 1.07974167 1.52508056 Oct-10 0.15348056 0.98001667 1.86940000 1.07821389 1.52022778 Nov-10 0.15290556 0.98165000 1.85318611 1.07745556 1.51575556 Dec-10 0.15245833 0.98498611 1.83811667 1.07724444 1.51281389 Jan-11 0.15212222 0.98841111 1.82429444 1.07677778 1.51006389 Feb-11 0.15192500 0.99305000 1.81153889 1.07699167 1.50801389 Mar-11 0.15195556 0.99916667 1.80100833 1.07818056 1.50875833 Apr-11 0.15183056 1.00379167 1.79027778 1.07945000 1.50767778 May-11 0.15161389 1.00825833 1.77774167 1.07957778 1.50414444 Jun-11 0.15137222 1.01155833 1.76606667 1.07909722 1.49972222 Jul-11 0.15126389 1.01497778 1.75581389 1.07877778 1.49624444 Aug-11 0.15094444 1.01701944 1.74391389 1.07807222 1.49106389 Sep-11 0.15050000 1.01889444 1.73168611 1.07652500 1.48516944 Oct-11 0.15016944 1.02310556 1.72105000 1.07565278 1.48053056 Nov-11 0.14977222 1.02817222 1.70951944 1.07454444 1.47565833 Dec-11 0.14923611 1.03313056 1.69646389 1.07295000 1.46921667 Jan-12 0.14885000 1.04118611 1.68598889 1.07096111 1.46465556 Feb-12 0.14863889 1.04649444 1.67708056 1.06941389 1.46078889 Mar-12 0.14848611 1.04934722 1.66634722 1.06483056 1.45610000 Apr-12 0.14845833 1.05232222 1.65950833 1.05948611 1.45156111 May-12 0.14832778 1.05275000 1.65286944 1.05363333 1.44276944 Jun-12 0.14823611 1.05251389 1.64729167 1.04771667 1.43398611 Jul-12 0.14834167 1.05316389 1.64120000 1.04081111 1.42638889 Aug-12 0.14833889 1.05300000 1.63513333 1.03329444 1.41703889 Sep-12 0.14830000 1.05356667 1.62923611 1.02686667 1.40845000 Oct-12 0.14816389 1.05453333 1.62452500 1.02294722 1.40064722 Nov-12 0.14817222 1.05540556 1.61772778 1.02021389 1.39261111 Dec-12 0.14817500 1.05529444 1.61061389 1.01720556 1.38328611 Jan-13 0.14808056 1.05547500 1.60403611 1.01453611 1.37436944 Feb-13 0.14790278 1.05551111 1.59881389 1.01166111 1.36559167 Mar-13 0.14781944 1.05623611 1.59540833 1.00978056 1.35774722 Apr-13 0.14770278 1.05668056 1.59079167 1.00804167 1.34941944 May-13 0.14776389 1.05806111 1.58761944 1.00624167 1.34274167 Jun-13 0.14796111 1.05987500 1.58476944 1.00483056 1.33806944 Jul-13 0.14832222 1.06295000 1.58231667 1.00352500 1.33535556 Aug-13 0.14877500 1.06638611 1.58243889 1.00357222 1.33368333 Sep-13 0.14926389 1.07048889 1.58294722 1.00395000 1.33309722 Oct-13 0.14980556 1.07456111 1.58388611 1.00339444 1.33362222 Nov-13 0.15047222 1.07963333 1.58570278 1.00321667 1.33619167 Dec-13 0.15092778 1.08269444 1.58522778 1.00315000 1.33688611 Jan-14 0.15139722 1.08606944 1.58481667 1.00313611 1.33810833 Feb-14 0.15174722 1.08850278 1.58570833 1.00316667 1.33889722 Mar-14 0.15200556 1.09121111 1.58718611 1.00367778 1.33887500 Apr-14 0.15230833 1.09459444 1.58927222 1.00468889 1.33983889 May-14 0.15274444 1.09876389 1.59399167 1.00625000 1.34331111 Jun-14 0.15328889 1.10356667 1.60041944 1.00903889 1.34778889 Jul-14 0.15375278 1.10903889 1.60701944 1.01231389 1.35229167 Aug-14 0.15420833 1.11386389 1.61403333 1.01589444 1.35622500 Sep-14 0.15464722 1.11856667 1.62130278 1.01998611 1.35971667 Oct-14 0.15506944 1.12211111 1.62819167 1.02380556 1.36311111 Nov-14 0.15550833 1.12417222 1.63503333 1.02738056 1.36600000 Dec-14 0.15608611 1.12622222 1.64300278 1.03155278 1.37008611 - The 36 month average exchange rates indicated in red are estimates only. Great care has been taken to calculate the average exchange rates according to the PMPRB methodology, however, these figures are subject to revision. Moreover, because the Bank of Canada is not always consistent in the manner in which it publishes monthly exchange rates (eg, number of decimal places), some of the figures above may not correspond exactly to those published by the PMPRB. Please verify before using.
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PMPRB 36 Month Exchange Rates: Existing Patented Medicines by Year
The PMPRB conducts international price comparisons for new and existing patented medicines. To convert foreign prices to Canadian dollars for existing patented medicines, the Board uses the simple average of the 36 monthly noon spot exchange rates published by the Bank of Canada taken to eight decimal places for the 36 months ending with the last month of the pricing period under review. The average exchange rates in the following table reflect the PMPRB methodology.
Period Ending Sweden Switzerland UK US EURO
(France, Italy &
Germany)Dec-99 0.18263333 0.99061111 2.37723333 1.45127222 – – – Dec-00 0.17628056 0.96549444 2.37107778 1.48486944 – – – Dec-01 0.16406667 0.92963889 2.29486667 1.50665556 1.44764444 Dec-02 0.15808611 0.93666111 2.27973611 1.53486389 1.41378056 Dec-03 0.16180000 0.99062500 2.29230556 1.50673611 1.48441667 Dec-04 0.17088056 1.03343056 2.34335833 1.42421389 1.56097500 Jun-05 0.17408889 1.04411667 2.35018611 1.36773889 1.58992778 Dec-05 0.17111667 1.02099722 2.29234444 1.30456944 1.56921389 Jun-06 0.16695556 0.99106389 2.24159444 1.25196111 1.53510000 Dec-06 0.16464722 0.97559722 2.22638056 1.21568056 1.51659444 Jun-07 0.16202778 0.95330000 2.19245556 1.18171667 1.49410278 Dec-07 0.15851944 0.92466667 2.14766667 1.13993056 1.46731111 Jun-08 0.15698333 0.91369722 2.09343056 1.10185833 1.45976111 Dec-08 0.15837222 0.92802778 2.06595556 1.09182778 1.48456944 Jun-09 0.15798611 0.95645000 2.02593056 1.10312222 1.51886389 Dec-09 0.15680000 0.97636389 1.96263333 1.09422222 1.53813333 Jun-10 0.15290556 0.98165000 1.85318611 1.07745556 1.51575556 Dec-10 0.15161389 1.00825833 1.77774167 1.07957778 1.50414444 Jun-11 0.14977222 1.02817222 1.70951944 1.07454444 1.47565833 Dec-11 0.14832778 1.05275000 1.65286944 1.05363333 1.44276944 Jun-12 0.14817222 1.05540556 1.61772778 1.02021389 1.39261111 Dec-12 0.14776389 1.05806111 1.58761944 1.00624167 1.34274167 Jun-13 0.15047222 1.07963333 1.58570278 1.00321667 1.33619167 Dec-13 0.15274444 1.09876389 1.59399167 1.00625000 1.34331111 Jun-14 0.15550833 1.12417222 1.63503333 1.02738056 1.36600000 Dec-14 0.15863333 1.13773611 1.67469167 1.04468333 1.38758611 Jun-15 0.16500000 1.18522778 1.74369722 1.07383056 1.45048056 - Great care has been taken to calculate the average exchange rates according to the PMPRB methodology, however, these figures are subject to revision. Moreover, because the Bank of Canada is not always consistent in the manner in which it publishes monthly exchange rates (e.g., number of decimal places), some of the figures above may not correspond exactly to those published by the PMPRB. Please verify before using.