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B.C. becomes first province to force change to biosimilar drugs
27 May 2019 - The change will save the government nearly $100 million over the next three years. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2019
'You disappointed us': Why is Canada opposing more transparency in drug prices?
25 May 2019 - Pharma industry says high prices are necessary to cover costs. Some nations want to see the data. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 May 2019
Liberals want to build their campaign around Pharmacare, but ignore where drugs would end up
23 May 2019 - Internal documents from within the Liberal Party recently showed that Ontario Liberal MPs want 2019’s election ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 May 2019
Biosimilars no longer reviewed through the CADTH CDR and pCODR processes
23 May 2019 - When CADTH launched a new, streamlined biosimilar review process in February 2018, we committed to evaluating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 May 2019
Pharmacare – not all Canadians, not all drugs
20 May 2019 - The notion that national pharmacare will be a panacea with an open-ended formulary (list of drugs) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2019
Event billed as 'national pharmacare forum' dominated by groups opposed to universal drug plan
19 May 2019 - Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor gave opening keynote at event. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2019
Cracks in the system: without a national Pharmacare strategy, who is left behind?
14 May 2019 - Lack of public or private insurance, incomplete drug coverage or just plain sky-high prices for drugs that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2019
Don’t buy pharma’s lies
14 May 2019 - As universal pharmacare gets closer to reality for Canada, drug companies are ramping up their false ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2019
Canadian health care stuck in the ’60s, expert says
14 May 2019 - When Patty De Guia lost her leg to cancer months after giving birth to her third ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2019
In Canada, a little known drug regulator shows its teeth
8 May 2019 - A tiny, little-known government agency is ramping up regulation of Canada’s pharmaceutical industry, seeking to rein in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 May 2019
Brothers have the same deadly disease but only one gets what their parents hope is life-saving treatment
5 May 2019 - Broken funding system leaves many patients without access to medications they need, health advocates say. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 May 2019
Why one Nova Scotia boy is being treated with drugs that cost $6 million a year despite a better, cheaper alternative
5 May 2019 - Last summer, Health Canada approved a haemophilia drug called Hemlibra that has the potential to change Callum ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2019
'I took it for my family': Accepting risks of multiple sclerosis drug a part of Sask. couple's love story
3 May 2019 - Sask. just announced it will fund a drug that may relieve rapid degeneration caused by MS. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2019
SMA patients in Saskatchewan, Canada, gain wider access to Spinraza
1 May 2019 - The Canadian province of Saskatchewan has joined that of Quebec in granting access to Spinraza (nusinersen) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2019
Canadians will wait longer for new medicines if Health Canada gets its way
23 April 2019 - The intention is to lower prices; the net result will likely be longer wait times before new ...