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Medexus and Ontario's Provincial Health Services successfully complete agreements for public reimbursement of Trecondyv (treosulfan for injection) in Ontario, Canada
4 February 2025 - Medexus recently completed listing agreements with Ontario's Ministry of Health (Ontario Public Drug Programs) and Ontario ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2024
Novartis and the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance achieve milestone agreement for Pluvicto
13 December 2024 - Targeted radioligand therapy closer to public reimbursement for eligible Canadian patients with PSMA positive metastatic castration ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2024
Roche Canada and the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance successfully complete negotiations for Tecentriq SC (atezolizumab solution for subcutaneous injection)
13 December 2024 - Roche Canada today announced that it successfully completed negotiations with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance for Tecentriq ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Dec 2024
BC man calls on federal, provincial governments to cover his costly, life saving cancer treatment
30 November 2024 - Pharmaceutical company Novartis says a five dose treatment costs about $135K. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Nov 2024
Novartis Canada disappointed with outcome of pCPA negotiations for metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer treatment Pluvicto
15 November 2024 - Novartis Canada is extremely disappointed that negotiations for Pluvicto (lutetium (Lu 177 ) vipivotide tetraxetan injection), ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Oct 2024
Lilly Canada and the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance successfully complete negotiations for Verzenio (abemaciclib) in expanded early breast cancer indication
29 October 2024 - Eli Lilly Canada is pleased to announce that it received a positive Canada's Drug Agency (CDA-AMC, formally ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Oct 2024
Breast Cancer Canada 'Progress Report' reveals major gaps in screening and treatment delays across Canada
28 October 2024 - Breast Cancer Canada has released the 2024 Progress Report on Breast Cancer in Canada. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2024
Nine provinces approve accelerated public reimbursement of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma treatment under new early access process
21 October 2024 - AbbVie today announced that nine provinces have provided accelerated public coverage of Epkinly. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2024
Roche Canada announces Columvi (glofitamab for injection) is publicly reimbursed in 7 provinces, including Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
9 October 2024 - Columvi is now publicly covered in 7 provinces, which equates to approximately 74% of the total Canadian ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Sep 2024
Men get breast cancer, too. But they can't always access new drugs.
21 September 2024 - Breast cancer is widely researched, but some men suffering from the illness say they can’t benefit. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2024
Merck Canada and the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance successfully complete negotiations for Welireg (belzutifan)
5 September 2024 - Merck announced that it has successfully completed negotiations with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance for Welireg (belzutifan) on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2023
Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus Lenvima (lenvatinib) is available for the first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma
25 October 2023 - Merck and Eisai announced today that Keytruda, an anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with Lenvima, the multiple receptor ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2023
Medison Pharma announces public formulary listing of Qinlock (ripretinib) in Canadian provinces: Ontario and Quebec for advanced gastro-intestinal stromal tumour treatment
29 September 2023 - Medison Pharma is pleased to announce the public formulary listing of Qinlock in Canadian provinces: Ontario ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2023
Quebec becomes the first province to reimburse Minjuvi (tafasitamab) in combination with lenalidomide for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
17 August 2023 - This is the first public listing since Minjuvi was approved with conditions by Health Canada in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Aug 2023
Jazz Pharmaceuticals enters into letter of intent with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance for Rylaze, helping address the unmet need of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma patients across Canada
2 August 2023 - Jazz Pharmaceuticals today announced that the Company has entered into a letter of intent with the pan-Canadian ...