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Xtandi (enzalutamide) now funded in Ontario for all approved prostate cancer indications
26 June 2025 - Today, Astellas Pharma Canada announced that Xtandi (enzalutamide) is now funded by the Ontario Drug Benefit Program ...
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 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 11 Oct 2024
Roche Canada announces Columvi (glofitamab for injection) is publicly reimbursed in 7 provinces, including Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
9 October 2024 - Columvi is now publicly covered in 7 provinces, which equates to approximately 74% of the total Canadian ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2024
Sudbury, Ontario family finally gets coverage for drug to treat daughter's rare epilepsy
16 January 2024 - Fenfluramine costs more than $3,000 a month and is not approved by Health 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 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 03 Dec 2022
AbbVie announces provincial reimbursement for Rinvoq (upadacitinib) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis in Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan
1 December 2022 - AbbVie today announced that Rinvoq is now listed as a special authorisation medication or exception medication status ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2022
Medical industry advocates urge Ontario to offer cheaper versions of prescription medications
11 October 2022 - Medical industry advocates are urging the Ontario government to offer cheaper versions of certain prescription medications ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2022
Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland, join a growing list of provinces providing public drug plan reimbursement for Teva Canada’s Ajovy (fremanezumab), for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults
17 May 2022 - Teva Canada welcomes the recently announced public formulary coverage for Ajovy (fremanezumab) by Ontario, British Columbia, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 May 2022
Boehringer Ingelheim Canada announces reimbursement for Ofev (nintedanib) in seven public drug plans for the treatment of progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases
3 May 2022 - Boehringer Ingelheim is pleased to announce that Ofev (nintedanib), is now available for public reimbursement in Quebec, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2022
Astellas announces reimbursement for Xospata (gilteritinib) in most provinces for patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukaemia with a FLT3 mutation
21 April 2022 - Having access to an additional treatment option offers hope for Canadian adult AML patients with relapsed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2022
ALS Canada marks Rare Disease Day 2022 by calling on Ontario to champion expedited access to ALS therapies
28 February 2022 - The ALS Society of Canada Cana today marks Rare Disease Day 2022 by calling on the ...