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National pharmacare will reduce access to new medicines for 27 million privately insured Canadians
18 April 2024 - The federal Liberal-NDP coalition government recently announced it would work with the provinces to fund universal prescription ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Apr 2024
Waiting for new medicines in Canada, Europe, and the United States: study finds Americans get better and faster access to innovative drugs
11 April 2024 - A recent study published by the Canadian Health Policy Institute examined the availability and wait times ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2024
New target zero initiative aims to help improve access to new drugs
9 April 2024 - Target Zero is a new initiative that aims to improve the time to access for patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2024
Nurtec ODT is now available in Canada for the treatment of acute migraine
4 April 2024 - More than one billion people worldwide live with migraine, and the World Health Organization classifies migraine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Apr 2024
Bausch Health Canada announces first public drug plan listings for Uceris (budesonide) aerosol foam to help address the unmet need for the treatment of mild to moderate distal ulcerative colitis in adults
3 April 2024 - Bausch Health Canada today announced the first public drug plan listings for Uceris (budesonide) aerosol foam ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2024
Nine drug formularies in Canada list Evenity for reimbursement for the treatment of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women as high risk of fracture
5 March 2024 - Multiple formulary listings are a step forward to ensuring that post-menopausal women have access to medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Feb 2024
Collaborating to help improve access to drugs for rare diseases
29 February 2024 - On Rare Disease Day — a day when the international community raises awareness about rare conditions ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2024
Knight Therapeutics announces launch of Bijuva in Canada
6 February 2024 - Knight Therapeutics announced today the launch of Bijuva (oestradiol and progesterone) capsules in Canada. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2024
HLS announces that Vascepa is now reimbursed by British Columbia's Provincial Drug Plan
6 February 2024 - Public reimbursement for Vascepa is now available in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2024
Sudbury, Ontario family finally gets coverage for drug to treat daughter's rare epilepsy
16 January 2024 - Fenfluramine costs more than $3,000 a month and is not approved by Health Canada. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2023
Prevalence and nature of manufacturer-sponsored patient support programs for prescription drugs in Canada: a cross-sectional study
27 November 2023 - Of the 2556 prescription drugs marketed by 89 companies in the study period, 256 (10.0%) had a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Nov 2023
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Canada announces that Company's oral treatment formulation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has been added to the provincial drug plans in Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
7 November 2023 - Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Canada today announced that Radicava oral suspension (edaravone) is now covered under the Prince ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Aug 2023
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Canada announces that company's oral treatment formulation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has been added to the provincial drug plans in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
29 August 2023 - Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Canada today announced that Radicava oral suspension (edaravone) is now covered under the New ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2023
Alberta will cover pricey drug believed to extend and enhance lives of ALS patients
7 August 2023 - People diagnosed with ALS are usually given two to five years to live. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jul 2023
New Brunswick to publicly reimburse Albrioza for the treatment of ALS
24 July 2023 - New Brunswick lists Albrioza on its drug benefit formulary, becoming the fourth province to provide public ...