Canada's national strategy for drugs for rare diseases needs a holistic approach

8 December 2021 - International report summarises drugs for rare disease best practices and recommendations. ...

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Health Canada releases What We Heard Report from the public engagement on the National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases

26 July 2021 - Too many Canadians are struggling to access the drugs they need, especially if they have a rare ...

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Does an orphan drug policy make a difference in access? A comparison of Canada and Australia.

2 January 2020 - Canada has been discussing whether to implement an orphan drug policy for more than 25 years. Recently, ...

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Akcea and Ionis announce acceptance of marketing applications in US, EU and Canada for volanesorsen for the treatment of FCS

15 November 2017 - FDA Prescription Drug User Fee Act goal date set for 30 August 2018. ...

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Health Canada gives 'kiss of death' to planned policy for rare-disease drugs

16 October 2017 - The framework was announced by the Harper government in 2012, but sat on the back burner since ...

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Amicus Therapeutics announces approval for Galafold (migalastat) for treatment of Fabry disease in Canada

14 September 2017 - First oral precision medicine for Fabry disease with broad label for Fabry patients with amenable genetic ...

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Sanofi Genzyme announces approval of Cerdelga (eliglustat tartrate) by Health Canada for rare genetic condition

1 May 2017 - Sanofi Genzyme announced today that Health Canada has recently approved Cerdelga (eliglustat capsules), the only first-line ...

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