Pharma News

Canadian health plans, pharma firm agree on terms to fund costly prostate cancer treatment

Canadian health plans, pharma firm agree on terms to fund costly prostate cancer treatment

  • CBC
Premiers looking at interim pricing for new medicines, says Alberta premier

Premiers looking at interim pricing for new medicines, says Alberta premier

  • Hill Times Health
A Manitoban is losing his ability to move his muscles. A drug might prevent that, but the province won't pay

A Manitoban is losing his ability to move his muscles. A drug might prevent that, but the province won't pay

  • CBC
Weight Loss Drugs Changed Their Lives. Then They Lost Coverage.
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Weight Loss Drugs Changed Their Lives. Then They Lost Coverage.

  • The New York Times
Ottawa doctor uses phage therapy, enlisting viruses to fight bacterial infections

Ottawa doctor uses phage therapy, enlisting viruses to fight bacterial infections

  • Ottawa Citizen
B.C. must prioritize timely access to cancer drugs

B.C. must prioritize timely access to cancer drugs

  • New Westminster Record
  • Robert Bick & Barry Stein
The Drug Is a ‘Miracle’ but These Families Can’t Get It (2023)

The Drug Is a ‘Miracle’ but These Families Can’t Get It (2023)

  • The New York Times
RFK Jr’s lawyer has asked the F.D.A. to revoke approval of the polio vaccine

RFK Jr’s lawyer has asked the F.D.A. to revoke approval of the polio vaccine

  • The New York Times
Some epilepsy patients worry their seizures will return amid medication shortage

Some epilepsy patients worry their seizures will return amid medication shortage

  • CTV News
Eleven clinical trials that will shape medicine in 2025

Eleven clinical trials that will shape medicine in 2025

  • Nature
This drug is the 'breakthrough of the year' — and it could mean the end of the HIV epidemic

This drug is the 'breakthrough of the year' — and it could mean the end of the HIV epidemic

  • npr
For kids with rare genetic disorders, customized CRISPR treatments offer hope

For kids with rare genetic disorders, customized CRISPR treatments offer hope

  • npr
Trump says "big discussion" over childhood vaccine programs is coming

Trump says "big discussion" over childhood vaccine programs is coming

  • Axios
Oncologists say life-saving cancer drugs often out of reach for those without private insurance

Oncologists say life-saving cancer drugs often out of reach for those without private insurance

  • Ottawa Citizen
Trial stops enrollment after mpox antiviral fails to speed clade 2 healing or pain relief

Trial stops enrollment after mpox antiviral fails to speed clade 2 healing or pain relief

  • CIDRAP
Breakthrough animal study shows potential treatment for reversing Alzheimer’s symptoms

Breakthrough animal study shows potential treatment for reversing Alzheimer’s symptoms

  • Healthing
Eli Lilly's GLP-1 outdoes Novo Nordisk's in trial

Eli Lilly's GLP-1 outdoes Novo Nordisk's in trial

  • Axios
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board: Annual Report 2023

Patented Medicine Prices Review Board: Annual Report 2023

  • Government of Canada
Rare disease drugs a go as Alberta moves on dental care and Pharmacare

Rare disease drugs a go as Alberta moves on dental care and Pharmacare

  • Edmonton Journal
VEOZAH® receives Health Canada approval as non-hormonal treatment for vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause

VEOZAH® receives Health Canada approval as non-hormonal treatment for vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause

  • CISION
Dizzy after one drink? Social drinkers on obesity drugs lose the taste for alcohol

Dizzy after one drink? Social drinkers on obesity drugs lose the taste for alcohol

  • npr
Advocates call for Ontario to make HIV prevention drugs free as cases climb

Advocates call for Ontario to make HIV prevention drugs free as cases climb

  • CBC
Montreal researchers make breakthrough discovery in fighting HIV

Montreal researchers make breakthrough discovery in fighting HIV

  • Canadian Press
Government of Canada invests $4M in McMaster to fast-track regional drug discovery initiatives

Government of Canada invests $4M in McMaster to fast-track regional drug discovery initiatives

  • McMaster University
Let's put Montreal's idle pharmaceutical plant to good use

Let's put Montreal's idle pharmaceutical plant to good use

  • Montreal Gazette
  • Adam R. Houston and Jason Nickerson
Injectable asthma treatment hailed as ‘game-changer.’ Here’s why

Injectable asthma treatment hailed as ‘game-changer.’ Here’s why

  • Reuters
Health Canada approves Novo Nordisk's obesity drug to reduce risk of non-fatal heart attack

Health Canada approves Novo Nordisk's obesity drug to reduce risk of non-fatal heart attack

  • CBC
Modern Warfare Is Breeding Deadly Superbugs. Why?
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Modern Warfare Is Breeding Deadly Superbugs. Why?

  • The New York Times
An Ottawa scientist's discovery offers rare hope for patients with devastating genetic disease

An Ottawa scientist's discovery offers rare hope for patients with devastating genetic disease

  • Ottawa Citizen
Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans

Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans

  • Associated Press
Controversial Alzheimer’s drug fails clinical testing

Controversial Alzheimer’s drug fails clinical testing

  • Science
U.S. FDA finds widely used asthma drug impacts the brain

U.S. FDA finds widely used asthma drug impacts the brain

  • Reuters
Cystic fibrosis drug now available to more people in Saskatchewan

Cystic fibrosis drug now available to more people in Saskatchewan

  • Regina Leader-Post
Novo Nordisk sells hit weight-loss drug in China—at fraction of US price

Novo Nordisk sells hit weight-loss drug in China—at fraction of US price

  • ars technica
Heading somewhere warm? Vaccine for debilitating chikungunya available to Albertan travellers

Heading somewhere warm? Vaccine for debilitating chikungunya available to Albertan travellers

  • Edmonton Journal
Killing cancer cells with alpha particles could be the next frontier in treatment

Killing cancer cells with alpha particles could be the next frontier in treatment

  • CBC
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
European committee takes a second look at Alzheimer's drug and now says it should be approved

European committee takes a second look at Alzheimer's drug and now says it should be approved

  • Associated Press
The FDA wants these cold medicines off the shelves. Should Canada follow?

The FDA wants these cold medicines off the shelves. Should Canada follow?

  • Global News
Can Canada’s psychedelic drug developers shake off the sector’s bad trip?
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Can Canada’s psychedelic drug developers shake off the sector’s bad trip?

  • Globe and Mail
More than 12,000 new medicines in pipeline in 2023, up 31% from previous year: report

More than 12,000 new medicines in pipeline in 2023, up 31% from previous year: report

  • Canadian Healthcare Network
Africa CDC launches trial of smallpox drug for mpox

Africa CDC launches trial of smallpox drug for mpox

  • CIDRAP

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