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B.C. expands access to safer drug alternatives for people at risk of overdose
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's mental health and addictions minister has announced a new policy that will expand access to safer prescription drugs for people at risk of overdose and death from toxic substances, without expecting them to enter treatmen...
Canada to donate 17.7M doses of AstraZeneca and raise money for global vaccination
OTTAWA — Canada will donate nearly 18 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to poorer countries, but is keeping millions of extra doses of mRNA vaccines for potential boosters as the World Health Organization is urging more generosity to stam...
At least 1.3 million Canadians opted to mix COVID-19 vaccines by the end of June
OTTAWA — Health Canada's latest weekly report on vaccinations shows at least 1.3 million Canadians opted for a mixed-dose finish to their COVID-19 vaccination schedule in June. The report, published Monday, shows of 6.5 million people who got their se...
Canada delays new drug-pricing regulations until January 2022
OTTAWA — The first big overhaul of Canada's patented medicines pricing regime in three decades is being delayed for the third time. The Patented Medicine Pricing Review Board is supposed to ensure prices for new pharmaceuticals in Canada aren't excessi...
U.K. study reports mixing AstraZeneca, Pfizer vaccines produces better immunity
OTTAWA — A vaccine study in the United Kingdom reports that getting a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine four weeks after a dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca produced a much stronger immune response than two doses of AstraZeneca. The results are similar to
Canadian drug companies want new pricing regs delayed again until after pandemic
OTTAWA — Almost three dozen Canadian pharmaceutical companies made a direct appeal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month to delay the new drug pricing regulations for a third time. The companies, including all four of the drugmakers behind the CO...
Canadian drug companies want new pricing regs delayed again until after pandemic
OTTAWA — Almost three dozen Canadian pharmaceutical companies made a direct appeal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month to delay the new drug pricing regulations for a third time. The companies, including all four of the drugmakers behind the CO...
Maj-Gen. Dany Fortin leaves vaccine rollout post pending military investigation
OTTAWA — The officer in charge of Canada's vaccine rollout has left his assignment with the Public Health Agency of Canada pending the results of a military investigation. The Department of National Defence announced in a news release Friday evening t...
Canadian maker of promising mRNA vaccine looks to test it against Pfizer in new trial
OTTAWA — A homegrown mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 shows promising results in its first small trial and its maker is hoping to test it directly against the vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech. Calgary-based Providence Therapeutics says its vaccine produced no ser...
Canada agrees to take part in WTO talks to waive patent protections on vaccines
WASHINGTON — Canada agreed Thursday to join World Trade Organization talks on waiving the rules that protect vaccine trade secrets — a measure drug companies and a number of world leaders say would only slow down production. International Trade Ministe...