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RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2024
Cost and value of cancer medicines in a single payer public health system in Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional study
26 March 2024 - We describe temporal trends in expenditure on cancer medicines within the single-payer health system of Ontario, Canada, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Dec 2023
Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus Lenvima (lenvatinib) receive public listing for patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma that is not MSI-H or dMMR
21 December 2023 - Merck and Eisai announce that Keytruda plus Lenvima, is now reimbursed with clinical criteria and conditions ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2023
Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus Lenvima (lenvatinib) is available for the first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma
25 October 2023 - Merck and Eisai announced today that Keytruda, an anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with Lenvima, the multiple receptor ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2023
Medison Pharma announces public formulary listing of Qinlock (ripretinib) in Canadian provinces: Ontario and Quebec for advanced gastro-intestinal stromal tumour treatment
29 September 2023 - Medison Pharma is pleased to announce the public formulary listing of Qinlock in Canadian provinces: Ontario ...
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 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 25 May 2023
FORUS Therapeutics and the Pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance complete negotiations for Xpovio (selinexor)
24 May 2023 - The pCPA agreement will support the public listings and reimbursement of Xpovio. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2023
Rybrevant (amivantamab) receives positive CADTH reimbursement recommendation for the treatment of adult patients with non-small cell lung cancer with activating EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations
6 April 2023 - This CADTH recommendation is a step towards public access to Rybrevant as a targeted therapy for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2023
Jazz Pharmaceuticals secures eight additional provincial reimbursements for Vyxeos for treatment of adults with newly diagnosed therapy-related acute myeloid leukaemia or acute myeloid leukaemia with myelodysplasia-related changes
8 March 2023 - Jazz Pharmaceuticals announced today that Vyxeos (daunorubicin and cytarabine liposome for injection) is now included on eight ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Feb 2023
Quebec becomes first province to cover Brukinsa (zanubrutinib) for the treatment of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia
6 February 2023 - First and only Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor to be granted provincial formulary approval. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2022
Tukysa (tucatinib) reimbursed in British Columbia for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic HER2 positive breast cancer
6 December 2022 - BC is the third province to add Tukysa to its provincial dormulary. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Nov 2022
Verzenio (abemaciclib) receives positive reimbursement recommendation from CADTH for early breast cancer
1 November 2022 - Lilly Canada announced today that CADTH has issued their final reimbursement recommendation for Verzenio (abemaciclib) in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Oct 2022
A perspective on life cycle health technology assessment and real world evidence for precision oncology in Canada
25 October 2022 - Health technology assessment can be used to make healthcare systems more equitable and efficient. Advances in precision ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2022
Trying to survive: To access lifesaving drugs, young cancer patients face huge hurdles
10 October 2022 - Four years ago, Ontarian Rebecca Grundy got a nightmare diagnosis that sent her into a blind ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Oct 2022
Tecentriq (atezolizumab) receives CADTH reimbursement recommendations for the adjuvant treatment of early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer and the treatment of extensive stage small cell lung cancer
5 October 2022 - The CADTH recommendations are a step towards public funding of this treatment option for some patients with ...