The CFO of Alberta Health Services wrote to MHCare Medical on Dec. 20, saying the company had been holding $49.2-million of government money for ‘well over a year’ as part of an unfulfilled contract
its latest scoop from Alanna Smith and Carrie Tait on the ongoing questions and allegations around contracts and procurement in Alberta health care.
MHCare had facilitated a $70-million deal to import children’s ibuprofen and acetaminophen from Istanbul-based Atabay Pharmaceuticals during a global shortage three years ago. Only 1.5 million of five million bottles of medication were ever delivered, despite the fact the province had paid upfront. The $49.2-million referred to in Lam’s letter was what was left of the prepayment to MHCare.
Last week, Health Canada told The Globe it had not received any proposals from the Alberta government, MHCare or Atabay Pharmaceuticals to import intravenous acetaminophen to the province. Lam, in his letter, gave MHCare until Jan. 8 to provide “a detailed status update” of its outstanding commitments, in addition to a “full accounting and reconciliation of the prepayments.”
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