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Pharma execs argue new Canadian regulations for setting drug prices will hurt the country
4 February 2020 - As Canada gets set to implement new regulations designed to cut prescription drug spending, the pharmaceutical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jan 2020
When a lottery 'wins' sick babies life-saving drugs
30 January 2020 - Eva was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, a motor neuron disease, just a few weeks after ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2020
The life-saving medicine she needs is cheap, common and unavailable in Canadian pharmacies
30 January 2020 - Cassidy Armstrong among a fewer than 200 Canadians who must apply for access. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2020
B.C. eye-injection program ‘clouded in secrecy’
28 January 2020 - Two dozen ophthalmologists are accusing the B.C. government of failing to properly investigate concerns that a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jan 2020
Pickering, Ont. mother living with cystic fibrosis approved for miracle drug: ‘I’m in shock’
24 January 2020 - A Pickering, Ont. mother fighting cystic fibrosis has received her late Christmas wish. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2020
Morneau says Ottawa will need to work with provinces on issues like universal pharmacare
19 January 2020 - Finance Minister Bill Morneau said that the federal government will often need to work together with provinces ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2020
Amazon just filed a bunch of international trademarks for ‘Amazon Pharmacy’
21 January 2020 - Amazon bought an Internet pharmacy business called PillPack in 2018. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2020
Is innovation causing accessibility, timing issues for private drug plans?
17 January 2020 - Pharmaceutical companies and private payers can interact in different ways to ensure the right drugs are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2020
Why Canada won't end up as the drugstore to the U.S.
16 January 2020 - Although in theory the new U.S. import proposals could significantly affect Canadians and their drug supplies, their ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2020
B.C. funding decision on pricey drug leaves teen with rare disease facing 'scary' future
13 January 2020 - Miles Ambridge just misses cut-off age to access Spinraza, a potentially life-changing treatment. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2020
Health insurance industry pooling mechanism makes high cost drugs accessible for record number of Canadians
14 January 2020 - The catastrophic expense of high cost drugs have been made affordable for a record number of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2020
Alignment of terminology
9 January 2020 - CADTH is aligning the terminology in the single drug review processes as follows: ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2020
New CADTH process for cell and gene therapies
9 January 2020 - CADTH has undertaken an internal review of our processes for drugs and devices, and established a revised ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jan 2020
Canadian parents of babies with rare deadly disease look to Novartis treatment lottery
5 January 2020 - Canadian babies with a rare and often fatal muscle-wasting disease may soon have access to a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jan 2020
Toronto parents of baby needing $2.8 million drug turn to Swiss drug maker's dose lottery as a last resort
31 December 2019 - Critics call on Ottawa to improve access to expensive drugs that treat rare diseases. ...