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Liberals delay new regulations to lower price of medicines in Canada
OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has put a six-month pause on new regulations designed to lower the cost of patented medicines in Canada. Health Canada first announced in 2019 that the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) would change...
‘This is beyond my expectations,’ Champagne says of Canadian biomanufacturer rebound
OTTAWA — Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne says Canada's biomanufacturing sector has rebounded beyond his initial expectations in the last several months, as a Canadian drug maker stands poised to bring positive results from the first pla...
Canada buying up to 1.5 million courses of oral antiviral drugs to fight COVID-19
OTTAWA — Canada is buying up to 1.5 million courses of oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19 in anticipation of them being approved by Health Canada. The government has signed up for an initial one million courses of antiviral treatment from Pfizer,
South African envoy calls on Canada to support waiver on COVID-19 vaccines
South Africa's envoy in Ottawa is calling on Canada to support a waiver on patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines to end "vaccine apartheid" as her country copes with the fallout of its discovery of the new Omicron variant. South African High
Pfizer-BioNTech gets approval for COVID-19 booster vaccine in Canada
OTTAWA — Health Canada has approved a booster of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18, though third doses have already been given to high-risk people across the country. The booster is designed to help people with their
Health Canada reviewing AstraZeneca antibody drug to prevent symptomatic COVID-19
OTTAWA — AstraZeneca has asked Health Canada to review a new long-acting antibody combination that could be used to prevent symptomatic COVID-19. If approved, it would be the first antibody protection of its kind in Canada. The company says its clinica...
Critics hope new cabinet will put a stop to drug-price regulation changes
OTTAWA — Critics of a major drug-price overhaul hope a fresh federal cabinet will put a temporary stop to the new regulations set to take effect in January. The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) is set to change the way
Nova Scotia to cover the cost of cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's health minister says the government will cover the cost of the cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta. Michelle Thompson says she expects the drug to be on the provincial formulary by the end of November. Thompson, who announced the deci...
Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan to cover ‘life-changing’ cystic fibrosis drug
Three provinces say they'll start covering the cost of a new drug that experts describe as a "life-changing" treatment for cystic fibrosis. Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan announced Friday that they'll pay to provide eligible patients with Trikafta, ...
Feds say 82,000-plus doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to be sent to Trinidad and Tobago
OTTAWA — The federal government has announced it will send more than 82,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Trinidad and Tobago. International Development Minister Karina Gould said in a release Wednesday that Trinidad and Tobago wa...