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Ontario becomes the first province to publicly reimburse the first targeted oral therapy for adults with grade 2 IDH-mutant glioma
27 February 2026 - Servier Canada announces Ontario coverage of Voranigo under the FAST program. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2026
Quebec first province to publicly reimburse Jemperli (dostarlimab for injection) plus chemotherapy via RAMQ for the treatment of all adult patients with primary advanced or first recurrent endometrial cancer
3 February 2026 - GSK announced today that Quebec has become the first Canadian province to publicly reimburse Jemperli (dostarlimab for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Dec 2025
Quebec becomes first province in Canada to list new subcutaneous Opdivo on public drug plan for solid tumour indications
11 December 2025 - The subcutaneous administration of the established immunotherapy could free up an estimated 30,000 hours of infusion ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2025
High risk early breast cancer patients in Quebec left behind by recent INESSS recommendation
3 December 2025 - Quebec has the highest rate of breast cancer in Canada. The Government of Quebec recently endorsed lowering ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2025
Quebec implements public reimbursement of Pluvicto - a defining milestone for radioligand therapy in Canada
3 July 2025 - Pluvicto now publicly funded in provinces covering most Canadians, offering renewed hope to those facing progressive PSMA ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2025
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 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 Dec 2023
Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus Lenvima (lenvatinib) receive public listing for patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma that is not MSI-H or dMMR
21 December 2023 - Merck and Eisai announce that Keytruda plus Lenvima, is now reimbursed with clinical criteria and conditions ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Feb 2023
Quebec becomes first province to cover Brukinsa (zanubrutinib) for the treatment of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia
6 February 2023 - First and only Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor to be granted provincial formulary approval. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Oct 2020
Radiopharmaceutical Lutathera now reimbursed in Quebec for cancer patients with advanced gastro-enteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
1 October 2020 - Lutathera is the first and only therapeutic radiopharmaceutical indicated in the treatment of GEP-NETs in Canada. ...