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The Ministry of Health (the institution) received the following request.
All of the following records for the period 1986 to present relating to inducements offered by drug manufacturers to pharmacists for the purchase of products listed in the Ontario Formulary:
- all complaints received by the Ministry
- all records relating to audits by the Ministry of the records of drug manufacturers, wholesalers and pharmacists
- all communications to or from the Ministry
- all internal memoranda of the Ministry, including, without limitation, any memoranda assessing the scope of the problem and action to be taken by the Ministry
The institution responded by providing full access to six of the 88 responsive records. Access to the remaining records was denied, in whole or in part, pursuant to sections 13, 14, 19 and 21 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act).
The requester appealed the institution's decision to this office.
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