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Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Canada announces that company's oral treatment formulation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has been added to the provincial drug plans in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
29 August 2023 - Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Canada today announced that Radicava oral suspension (edaravone) is now covered under the New ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Aug 2023
Health Canada accepts Valneva’s Chikungunya vaccine license application for review
29 August 2023 - Valneva today announced that Health Canada has completed screening validation of the Company’s regulatory application for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Aug 2023
Janssen submits supplemental new drug application to the US FDA seeking full approval of Balversa (erdafitinib) for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma and selected fibroblast growth factor receptor gene alterations
28 August 2023 - Submission based on confirmatory data from cohort 1 of the Phase 3 THOR study, which showed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2023
CADTH to establish industry task force on real world data for post market drug evaluations
18 August 2023 - CADTH is establishing an industry task force that will build upon the recently released guidance for reporting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Aug 2023
International heath technology assessment collaboration expands
24 August 2023 - The international collaboration between six health technology assessment bodies from across the UK, Australia and Canada has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Aug 2023
PMPRB report reveals most new medicines come to market with high treatment costs
22 August 2023 - The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board published today the 7th edition of its annual Meds Entry Watch ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2023
Quebec becomes the first province to reimburse Minjuvi (tafasitamab) in combination with lenalidomide for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
17 August 2023 - This is the first public listing since Minjuvi was approved with conditions by Health Canada in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Aug 2023
Health Canada approves Alhemo (concizumab injection) for the treatment of patients living with haemophilia A with FVIII inhibitors
9 August 2023 - Health Canada has approved a new indication for Alhemo (concizumab injection) for the treatment of Canadian adolescent ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2023
Alberta will cover pricey drug believed to extend and enhance lives of ALS patients
7 August 2023 - People diagnosed with ALS are usually given two to five years to live. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2023
GSK's Arexvy, the first respiratory syncytial virus vaccine for older adults approved in Canada
4 August 2023 - Approval of Arexvy was based on a comprehensive Phase III clinical trial program that showed high vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Aug 2023
Jazz Pharmaceuticals enters into letter of intent with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance for Rylaze, helping address the unmet need of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma patients across Canada
2 August 2023 - Jazz Pharmaceuticals today announced that the Company has entered into a letter of intent with the pan-Canadian ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Aug 2023
Health Canada authorises Tecvayli (teclistamab injection), a first in class bispecific antibody for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma
2 August 2023 - Approval for Tecvayli, a subcutaneously administered therapy, is based on results from the Phase 1/2 MajesTEC-1 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jul 2023
New Brunswick to publicly reimburse Albrioza for the treatment of ALS
24 July 2023 - New Brunswick lists Albrioza on its drug benefit formulary, becoming the fourth province to provide public ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jul 2023
British Columbia to publicly reimburse Albrioza for the treatment of ALS
19 July 2023 - Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Canada announced today that the Company has entered into a Product Listing Agreement with British ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jul 2023
Mirum’s Livmarli now authorised in Canada for cholestatic pruritus in patients with Alagille syndrome
25 July 2023 - Approval supported by more than six years of Livmarli data demonstrating improvements in pruritus and serum bile ...