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Health Canada approves Elahere for certain types of platinum-resistant ovarian cancers
2 September 2025 - Elahere received approval through Health Canada's priority review process, based on data from the pivotal MIRASOL Phase ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Aug 2025
Health Canada approves dual immunotherapy Opdivo plus Yervoy for colorectal and liver cancers
19 August 2025 - Bristol Myers Squibb Canada today announced that Health Canada has approved Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2025
Iovance’s Amtagvi (lifileucel) receives Health Canada approval for advanced melanoma
18 August 2025 - Iovance Biotherapeutics today announced Health Canada has issued a Notice of Compliance with Conditions for Amtagvi ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Aug 2025
Health Canada approves Keytruda for patients with resectable locally advanced head & neck squamous cell carcinoma tumours that are PD-L1 (CPS) positive as neo-adjuvant treatment, continued as adjuvant treatment combined with radiotherapy with or without cisplatin then as monotherapy
13 August 2025 - Approval is based on KEYNOTE-689 Phase III clinical trial results. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2025
Imfinzi approved in Canada as first and only peri-operative immunotherapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer
6 August 2025 - Health Canada has granted a Notice of Compliance for Imfinzi (durvalumab) for the treatment of patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jul 2025
Health Canada expands approval of Scemblix, making it an option for newly diagnosed and previously treated chronic myeloid leukaemia patients
30 July 2025 - Scemblix is first to show superior efficacy and a favourable safety and tolerability profile in a Phase ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jun 2025
Xtandi (enzalutamide) now funded in Ontario for all approved prostate cancer indications
26 June 2025 - Today, Astellas Pharma Canada announced that Xtandi (enzalutamide) is now funded by the Ontario Drug Benefit Program ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jun 2025
Health Canada approves Novartis' Kisqali for HR positive, HER2 negative early breast cancer patients at high risk of recurrence
18 June 2025 - Health Canada approval is based on the pivotal Phase 3 NATALEE trial data, which demonstrated a clinically ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2025
Vanflyta is now approved in Canada specifically for adult patients with newly diagnosed FLT3-ITD positive AML
16 June 2025 - Approval based on QuANTUM-First results demonstrating Vanflyta added to chemotherapy improved overall survival ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jun 2025
Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) receives time limited reimbursement recommendation from Canada's Drug Agency for gastric cancer
23 May 2025 - AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo are pleased to announce that Canada's Drug Agency has issued a time-limited reimbursement ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2025
New subcutaneous formulation of Opdivo approved in Canada for use across all authorised solid tumour indications
27 May 2025 - Subcutaneous option of established immunotherapy offers potential to reduce time in clinic and ease infusion burden. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 May 2025
Tagrisso approved (with conditions) in Canada for patients with unresectable, stage III EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer
21 May 2025 - Based on LAURA Phase 3 trial results which showed patients who took Targrisso after CRT had ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Apr 2025
Sarclisa approved in Canada for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma
22 April 2025 - This is the third indication for Sarclisa in Canada for the treatment of multiple myeloma. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2025
Health Canada approves Keytruda plus pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy as first-line treatment for adult patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma
22 April 2025 - Approval is based on the results from the Phase 3 CCTG IND.227/KEYNOTE-483 trial. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Apr 2025
Health Canada expands Jemperli (dostarlimab for injection) plus chemotherapy approval to all adult patients with primary advanced or first recurrent endometrial cancer, as the first and only immuno-oncology-based treatment to show an overall survival benefit for these patients
17 April 2025 - Approval based on RUBY Part 1 trial, where Jemperli plus chemotherapy demonstrated a statistically significant and ...