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Cancer treatments represented a third of medicines in clinical trials in 2023

Cancer treatments represented a third of medicines in clinical trials in 2023

Cancer treatments represented 33 per cent of medicines in all phases of clinical trials in 2023, followed by treatments for infectious diseases (13 per cent) and central nervous system diseases (12 per cent), according to a new report by the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board.

  • Benefits Canada

Opinions

Slow-to-pivot health care leaves Canadians feeling out of control

Slow-to-pivot health care leaves Canadians feeling out of control

  • National Post
  • Jamie Sarkonak
Patients are being denied necessary care. It needs to change.

Patients are being denied necessary care. It needs to change.

  • Emma Dennison
Poilievre Won’t Talk about Private Health Care — but He Should

Poilievre Won’t Talk about Private Health Care — but He Should

  • The Walrus
  • Christina Frangou

News

New RSV shot not available to Alberta newborns as virus season ramps up

New RSV shot not available to Alberta newborns as virus season ramps up

  • CBC
Blood vessel-like coating could make medical devices safer for patients

Blood vessel-like coating could make medical devices safer for patients

  • University of British Columbia
Hundreds of Healthcare Workers Across Canada Send Open Letter Urging Prime Minister Trudeau To Cap Oil And Gas Pollution Immediately, Citing Its Health Harms

Hundreds of Healthcare Workers Across Canada Send Open Letter Urging Prime Minister Trudeau To Cap Oil And Gas Pollution Immediately, Citing Its Health Harms

  • Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists' scope to include more minor ailments

Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists' scope to include more minor ailments

  • Canadian Press

Politicians

Poilievre Won’t Talk about Private Health Care — but He Should

Poilievre Won’t Talk about Private Health Care — but He Should

  • The Walrus
  • Christina Frangou
Hundreds of Healthcare Workers Across Canada Send Open Letter Urging Prime Minister Trudeau To Cap Oil And Gas Pollution Immediately, Citing Its Health Harms

Hundreds of Healthcare Workers Across Canada Send Open Letter Urging Prime Minister Trudeau To Cap Oil And Gas Pollution Immediately, Citing Its Health Harms

  • Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists' scope to include more minor ailments

Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists' scope to include more minor ailments

  • Canadian Press

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New RSV shot not available to Alberta newborns as virus season ramps up

New RSV shot not available to Alberta newborns as virus season ramps up

  • CBC
Slow-to-pivot health care leaves Canadians feeling out of control

Slow-to-pivot health care leaves Canadians feeling out of control

  • National Post
  • Jamie Sarkonak
Blood vessel-like coating could make medical devices safer for patients

Blood vessel-like coating could make medical devices safer for patients

  • University of British Columbia
Patients are being denied necessary care. It needs to change.

Patients are being denied necessary care. It needs to change.

  • Emma Dennison
Poilievre Won’t Talk about Private Health Care — but He Should

Poilievre Won’t Talk about Private Health Care — but He Should

  • The Walrus
  • Christina Frangou
Hundreds of Healthcare Workers Across Canada Send Open Letter Urging Prime Minister Trudeau To Cap Oil And Gas Pollution Immediately, Citing Its Health Harms

Hundreds of Healthcare Workers Across Canada Send Open Letter Urging Prime Minister Trudeau To Cap Oil And Gas Pollution Immediately, Citing Its Health Harms

  • Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists' scope to include more minor ailments

Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists' scope to include more minor ailments

  • Canadian Press
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