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ViiV Healthcare announces reimbursement for Apretude for HIV-1 pre-exposure prophylaxis under the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Program
25 March 2025 - ViiV Healthcare is pleased to announce that Apretude (cabotegravir tablets and extended release injectable suspension) is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2025
Government of Canada signs bilateral agreement with Quebec for Drugs for Rare Diseases
21 March 2025 - In Canada, one in 12 people live with a rare disease, and for most people affected, the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2025
Government of Canada signs Pharmacare agreement with Manitoba to improve affordable access to medications
27 February 2025 - Additional agreement will improve access and affordability of drugs for rare diseases. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2025
Drugs for rare diseases – Ontario agreement
24 January 2025 - Today, the Governments of Canada and the province of Ontario signed the National Strategy for Drugs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2024
Government of Canada signs bilateral agreement with Alberta to improve access to drugs for rare diseases
5 December 2024 - Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada's Minister of Health, and the Honourable Adriana LaGrange, Alberta's Minister ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2024
Lilly Canada remains steadfast in commitment to access options for patients amidst controversial CDA-AMC recommendation for Ebglyss (lebrikizumab)
19 November 2024 - Eli Lilly Canada is disappointed and strongly disagrees with Canada's Drug Agency (CDA-AMC)'s Final Recommendation for Ebglyss ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Nov 2024
NS parents dismayed by lack of access to new RSV vaccines for infants
3 November 2024 - Officials say there is no universally available, publicly funded RSV vaccine program for newborns in Nova Scotia. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Sep 2024
BioCryst and the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance successfully complete negotiations for Orladeyo (berotralstat), an oral, once daily therapy for the prevention of hereditary angioedema attacks
17 September 2024 - BioCryst Pharmaceuticals today announced that it successfully completed negotiations with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance for oral, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Sep 2024
Abrysvo: Pfizer Canada's newly publicly funded vaccine a step towards national RSV prevention in older adults
19 September 2024 - Today, Pfizer Canada announced that Abrysvo has been selected as the publicly funded vaccine for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2024
Lilly Canada and the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance successfully complete negotiations for Omvoh (mirikizumab) for adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis
3 September 2024 - Eli Lilly Canada announced today that it successfully completed negotiations with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance for Omvoh ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2024
First public drug plans provide reimbursement for Camzyos for adults with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
15 August 2024 - BMS Canada is pleased to announce an important milestone for eligible patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2024
BC doctor calls on the province to cover obesity medications
17 July 2024 - A petition from Dr. Ali Zentner asking for more PharmaCare coverage has received almost 1,000 signatures. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 May 2024
Bausch Health announces additional public drug plan listings for Uceris (budesonide) aerosol foam to treat mild to moderate distal ulcerative colitis in adults
23 May 2024 - Bausch Health today announced additional Canadian public drug plan listings for Uceris (budesonide) aerosol foam to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Apr 2024
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 ...