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Health Canada approves Brukinsa (zanubrutinib) for the treatment of Waldenström’s macroglobulinaemia
2 March 2021 - Approval is based on the Phase 3 ASPEN trial of Brukinsa compared to ibrutinib. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Feb 2021
Medexus announces expanded availability of Gleolan in Canada
25 February 2021 - Medexus Pharmaceuticals announced today that it has initiated the commercial launch of Gleolan in Canada, which had ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2021
Bladder cancer drug shortage resolved with Health Canada approval
24 February 2021 - Verity-BCG bladder cancer treatment available for Canadian patients in the spring. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2021
Health Canada approves Imbruvica (ibrutinib) plus rituximab for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
13 January 2021 - Patients aged 70 or younger with previously untreated CLL lived longer without disease progression compared to patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jan 2021
Health Canada approves Onureg (azacitidine tablets), first maintenance therapy for patients in remission from acute myeloid leukaemia
12 January 2021 - Onureg has shown clinically meaningful increase in overall survival for patients. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jan 2021
MorphoSys and Incyte announce acceptance by Health Canada of the new drug submission for tafasitamab
12 January 2021 - MorphoSys and Incyte today announced that Health Canada has accepted the new drug submission for tafasitamab, an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jan 2021
Health Canada approves Bavencio for the maintenance treatment of patients with advanced bladder cancer
11 January 2021 - Bavencio is the first and only maintenance therapy for unresectable locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Dec 2020
Janssen announces Health Canada approval of Darzalex combination regimen for newly diagnosed, transplant eligible patients with multiple myeloma
22 December 2020 - Data show Darzalex in combination with bortezomib, thalidomide and dexamethasone before and after autologous stem cell transplant ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Dec 2020
Health Canada approves Venclexta (venetoclax) in combination with azacitidine or low dose cytarabine for untreated acute myeloid leukaemia
15 December 2020 - Health Canada's approval of Venclexta for newly diagnosed AML patients who are ineligible for intensive chemotherapy is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Nov 2020
Lynparza (olaparib) receives Health Canada approval for the treatment of BRCA or ATM gene-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
25 November 2020 - On 21 August 2020, Health Canada approved Lynparza (olaparib), for the treatment of adult patients with deleterious ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Nov 2020
Knight Therapeutics announces filing of supplement to a new drug submission for Nerlynx (neratinib) to treat HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer
3 September 2020 - Knight Therapeutics Inc. announced filing of the supplement to a new drug submission (SNDS) of Nerlynx ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Nov 2020
Novartis' MONALEESA-7 Kisqali (ribociclib succinate) study demonstrated statistically significant improvement in overall survival in pre- and peri-menopausal women with HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer
2 November 2020 - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada is pleased to announce that statistically significant overall survival results for Kisqali (ribociclib succinate) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Oct 2020
Incyte announces Health Canada acceptance of the new drug submission for pemigatinib as a treatment for patients with cholangiocarcinoma
26 October 2020 - Incyte today announced that Health Canada has accepted its new drug submission for pemigatinib, a selective fibroblast ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2020
Health Canada approves Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as first-line treatment for patients with metastatic or unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
15 October 2020 - Approval Based on Significant Overall Survival Findings from Phase 3 KEYNOTE-048 Trial. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2020
Health Canada approves Inqovi (decitabine and cedazuridine) oral therapy for two types of blood cancers, MDS and CMML
8 October 2020 - Oral drug can be taken at home, which may enable some patients to avoid some hospital visits. ...