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Health Canada won’t explain $20M in pharmaceuticals lost from national stockpile
PHAC reported over $20 million lost due to freezer temperature fluctuations in December 2024, citing aging infrastructure and several factors in an internal investigation.
- The Public Health Agency of Canada recorded a loss of more than $20 million from the national stockpile, and Health Canada refuses to disclose details citing national security.
- Attributing the loss to a cause, officials said PHAC links the $20 million loss this year to a temperature deviation affecting the national stockpile, which holds medical supplies and vaccines.
- Health Canada clarified that the entry refers to pharmaceutical products such as vaccines, and PHAC stated the losses will not compromise the national emergency stockpile's capacity to respond to public health events.
- The Canadian Press first published the report Nov. 12, 2025, with Sarah Ritchie credited as the reporter.
- Unanswered by the report was how the temperature deviation happened or whether it resulted from a single incident, while historical records include the 2021 ventilator shipment for context.
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The Public Health Agency of Canada stated that a "temperature change" was responsible for the loss of more than 20 million pharmaceutical products from emergency national reserves. However, the nature of the lost products was not specified.
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The figure was reported in the 2025 public accounts but Health Canada refuses to say what was lost, citing national security implications.
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The National Reserve contains vaccines and emergency response equipment. The post A "temperature change" costs $20M in pharmaceutical products appeared first on Les Affaires.
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