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Government of Canada signs Pharmacare agreement with Manitoba to improve affordable access to medications
27 February 2025 - Additional agreement will improve access and affordability of drugs for rare diseases. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Feb 2025
Kashiv BioSciences obtains marketing authorisation for pegfilgrastim injection from Health Canada
25 February 2025 - Kashiv BioSciences today announced that Health Canada has granted marketing authorisation for its pegfilgrastim injection, enabling its ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Feb 2025
Health Canada authorizes Itovebi (inavolisib film-coated tablets), a targeted treatment for advanced hormone receptor-positive, HER2 negative breast cancer with a PIK3CA mutation
19 February 2025 - The approval provides another treatment option for breast cancer patients with a PIK3CA mutation, one of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Feb 2025
Eylea HD pre-filled syringe with OcuClick dosing system granted marketing authorisation in Canada
20 February 2025 - Bayer is pleased to announce that Health Canada has granted marketing authorisation for Eylea HD (aflibercept injection ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Feb 2025
ViiV Healthcare and the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance successfully finalise negotiations for Apretude for HIV-1 pre-exposure prophylaxis
13 February 2025 - ViiV Healthcare is pleased to announce it has successfully completed negotiations with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Feb 2025
Novartis receives Health Canada approval for Fabhalta oral treatment for adult patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria
13 February 2025 - Fabhalta is the first oral monotherapy for previously treated and treatment naïve adults with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2025
Health Canada approves Merck's Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for the treatment of adult patients with resectable Stage II, IIIA, or IIIB (T3-4N2) non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) in combination with platinum-containing chemotherapy as neo-adjuvant treatment, and then continued as monotherapy as adjuvant treatment after surgery
11 February 2025 - Approval is based on the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-671 trial. ...
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 01 Feb 2025
Refined interpretation of the Mutual Recognition Agreement between Canada and Switzerland
31 January 2025 - Swissmedic and Health Canada agreed to expand their approach regarding the implementation of the current mutual ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2025
Drugs for rare diseases – Ontario agreement
24 January 2025 - Today, the Governments of Canada and the province of Ontario signed the National Strategy for Drugs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2025
Albertan with rare blood cancer calls on Health Canada to approve life-saving drug
20 January 2025 - An Alberta woman living with a rare form of blood cancer is calling on Health Canada ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2025
Takeda's Fruzaqla (fruquintinib) receives Health Canada market authorisation for metastatic colorectal cancer
20 January 2025 - Positive reimbursement recommendations by Canada's Drug Agency and Institut National d'excellence en Santé et Services Sociaux. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2025
Health Canada authorises Vabysmo (faricimab injection) pre-filled syringe for three leading causes of vision loss
20 January 2025 - Vabysmo pre-filled syringe is the first and only syringe pre-filled with a Health-Canada approved bispecific antibody to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2025
Long wait for cancer drug approvals causing 'great anguish' among patients, doctors
18 January 2025 - Potentially life-saving treatments delayed by bureaucracy, doctors say. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2025
Health Canada approves Otsuka and Lundbeck's Abilify Asimtufii (aripiprazole), the first and only, once every two months, long-acting injectable treatment for schizophrenia and for maintenance monotherapy of bipolar I disorder in adults
17 January 2025 - Otsuka Pharmaceutical Canada and Lundbeck Canada announce that Health Canada has issued a Notice of Compliance ...