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Roche withdraws submission for Avastin
28 March 2017 - Roche was seeking a positive CADTH recommendation for the use of bevacizumab in combination with pemetrexed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2017
Most Canadians get timely medical treatment: report
28 March 2017 - A report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information suggests that three of every four people in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2017
CADTH recommends Teva's Cinqair
22 March 2017 - Recommendation states price needs to be reduced by 90%. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2017
Mood Disorders Society of Canada urges action on improving Canadians' access to life-saving medications
24 March 2017 - Mood Disorders Society of Canada today released a groundbreaking brief recommending action to improve Canadians' access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2017
Hope of B.C. coverage for life-saving cystic fibrosis drug dashed
23 March 2017 - 'It's about dollars,' says father of 16-year-old who claims son's life was changed by access to the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Mar 2017
CADTH recommends reimbursement of Stelara for new indication
21 March 2017 - The cost of treatment with ustekinumab should not exceed the drug plan cost of the least costly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Mar 2017
British Columbia lists Epclusa on public drug plan to treat all six genotypes of chronic hepatitis C infection
21 March 2017 - British Columbia also broadens access for patients with less advanced disease who have other health conditions. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Mar 2017
Launch of new Canadian Guidelines for the Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies
21 March 2017 - This release marks the first update to the Guidelines since the third edition was published in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Mar 2017
Call for feedback: new drugs for type 2 diabetes: second-line therapy : a therapeutic review update
15 March 2017 - A report on new drugs for second-line therapy for 2 diabetes: a therapeutic review update is now ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Mar 2017
New CADTH guidelines for the economic evaluation of health technologies
15 March 2017 - Join CADTH in person or online on Tuesday, 28 March 2017 as they release the fourth ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2017
Universal public coverage of essential drugs would improve health care, research suggests
27 February 2017 - Price of medication for high blood pressure, diabetes sometimes blocks patients' treatment. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Feb 2017
Without rare-disease policy, patients in Canada face steep costs for drugs
24 February 2017 - Alex Chiabai has been living with the effects of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic disease that weakens ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Feb 2017
Deal reduces price of life-saving hepatitis C drugs for Canadians
21 February 2017 - Tens of thousands of Canadian patients with mild versions of chronic hepatitis C could soon receive ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2017
In Brad Wall’s deal, clues for Medicare’s future
20 January 2017 - Provinces holding out from signing a health-care accord with the federal government were dealt a significant ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2017
CADTH style guide
19 January 2017 - This fifth edition of the CADTH Style Guide provides the most current style and language usage ...