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Health Canada approves Saladax’s 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy therapeutic drug monitoring test
14 May 2024 - Saladax Biomedical is pleased to announce that Health Canada has approved Saladax’s 5-Fluorouracil (My5-FU) Assay for sale ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 May 2024
ViiV Healthcare announces Health Canada approval for Apretude (cabotegravir tablets and extended release injectable suspension) for pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV
13 May 2024 - The latest Canadian surveillance data shows that there were 1,833 new HIV diagnoses in 2022, a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 May 2024
Health Canada approves Keytruda for adult patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic biliary tract carcinoma, in combination with gemcitabine-based chemotherapy
9 May 2024 - Approval is based on the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-966 Trial. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2024
Qulipta (atogepant) now approved by Health Canada for the preventive treatment of chronic migraine in adults
8 May 2024 - Approval was based on a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial that demonstrated statistically significant reduction from baseline ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 May 2024
Health Canada approves Zoladex LA for the management of oestrogen receptor positive early breast cancer with a high risk of recurrence or advanced breast cancer in pre- and peri-menopausal women
7 May 2024 - TerSera Canada today announced that Health Canada has approved a supplemental new drug submission for Zoladex LA ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2024
Wegovy (semaglutide injection) available in Canada
2 May 2024 - First and only Health Canada approved once weekly medication for chronic weight management ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Apr 2024
Velsipity receives Health Canada approval for adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis
24 April 2024 - Velsipity is a once daily, oral, sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulator that selectively binds with S1P ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Apr 2024
Health Canada authorizes Tecentriq SC (atezolizumab solution for subcutaneous injection), the first cancer immunotherapy subcutaneous injection, for multiple cancer types
23 April 2024 - Roche Canada will be working closely with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance, as well as federal, provincial, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2024
Acadia Pharmaceuticals announces trofinetide new drug submission for treatment of Rett syndrome has been accepted for filing and priority review by Health Canada
22 April 2024 - Acadia Pharmaceuticals today announced that Health Canada has accepted its new drug submission for trofinetide for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2024
Health Canada approves new indication for Merck’s Prevymis (letermovir) for prevention of cytomegalovirus disease in high risk adult kidney transplant recipients
19 April 2024 - Merck announced that Health Canada has approved a new indication for Prevymis (letermovir) for the prophylaxis ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2024
Nora Pharma receives Health Canada approval for Niopeg, a biosimilar of Neulasta
19 April 2024 - Nora Pharma, a wholly owned division of Sunshine Biopharma, has received approval from Health Canada for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2024
Health Canada approves Keytruda as a first-line treatment for adult patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2 negative gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in combination with fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy
19 April 2024 - Approval is based on the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-859 trial. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Apr 2024
Formycon announces commercial launch of FYB201 (ranibizumab) in Canada (Ranopto) and Switzerland (Ranivisio)
11 April 2024 - Commercialization partner Teva markets FYB201 in Canada under the trademark Ranopto and in Switzerland under the trademark ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2024
AB Science announces that Health Canada has granted eligibility for reconsideration request for masitinib in ALS
3 April 2024 - AB Science today announced that Health Canada has granted eligibility for reconsideration request for masitinib in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Apr 2024
Vertex announces new drug submission for exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) has been accepted for priority review by Health Canada for the treatment of sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassaemia
1 April 2024 - Exa-cel is the first CRISPR-based gene-edited therapy to be submitted for Health Canada review. ...