Canada
Canada awards CSL Seqirus with influenza pandemic vaccine contract
March 17, 2026Manufacturing and Production CSL Seqirus, Canada, Vaccine
CSL Seqirus has been awarded a contract committing it to manufacturing and delivering influenza vaccines to support the Public Health …
Canada first country to authorise Pfizer vaccine in children aged 12-15
May 6, 2021COVID-19, Canada, Pfizer, Vaccine
Canada has become the first country to authorise the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged between 12 and …
Canada secures 26,000 doses of Lilly therapy to treat COVID-19 in $32.5m deal
November 25, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development COVID-19, Canada
The Canadian Government has partnered up with Eli Lilly to secure 26,000 doses of the company’s monoclonal antibody therapy bamlanivimab …
Canadian approval for Reblozyl for transfusion-dependent anaemia in beta-thalassemia patients
September 29, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing BMS, Canada, Reblozyl
Bristol Myers Squibb and Acceleron have managed to secure regulatory approval in Canada for Reblozyl (luspatercept) for the treatment of …
Cheaper Canadian drug imports continue to be seized by the FDA
April 23, 2020Business Services COVID-19, Canada, FDA, coronavirus, insulin
Seizures of Canadian drugs being sent to American patients have been stepped up by the FDA. This is according to …
ViiV Healthcare scores world-first approval in Canada for monthly HIV regimen Cabenuva
March 23, 2020Sales and Marketing Cabenuva, Canada, HIV, pharma
ViiV Healthcare has secured its first global approval for its once-monthly treatment Cabenuva, it has emerged, to replace current antiretroviral …
New NAFTA terms put hold on Canadian drug prices
December 11, 2019Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Canada, NAFTA, US, pharma
NAFTA members have agreed to remove a provision that would have increased protections on biologics drugs. This means Canada, despite …
Medical cannabis: Growth by leaps and bounds
October 18, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Canada, Canopy Growth, medical cannabis, pharma
This article follows parts one and two of our trio of in-depth pieces focusing on the growing medical cannabis phenomenon. …
US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pledges to allow Americans to import drugs from Canada
August 2, 2019Medical Communications Bernie Sanders, Canada, Trump, US, democrats, prescription drugs
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has said he will, on his first day in office, allow for the importation of …
Signal boosting implant allows patients with Parkinson’s to walk
April 23, 2019Manufacturing and Production Canada, Parkinson's, Western University, electrical signals, implant
Patients with Parkinson’s have been able to walk after receiving electrical stimulation to their spines. A new treatment, developed by …
Doctors call on Canadian government to stop funding programme sending homeopaths to Honduras
March 4, 2019Sales and Marketing Canada, Hodnuras, Quebec, TSF, health, homeopathy
Canadian physicians have called on the federal government to review its funding for a programme which sends volunteer homeopaths to …
NICE joins forces with Canadian peer to offer scientific advice to the pharma industry
February 6, 2019Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CADTH, Canada, NICE, UK, pharma
NICE has announced a collaboration with its Canadian counterpart, the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health (CADTH), with …
Canada Health approves Novartis’ CAR-T therapy Kymriah
January 18, 2019Medical Communications CAR T, CAR-T, Canada, Cancer, Kymriah, Novartis, oncology
Health Canada has approved Novartis’ CAR-T therapy Kymriah for use in paediatric and young adult patients aged between three and …
US applies pressure on Canada to stem cross-border generics flow
April 30, 2018Sales and Marketing Canada, IP, US, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
The US has upped the ante against Canada to secure stronger border checks for pharmaceutical goods by adding the country …
Sanofi to invest €350m in new Canadian vaccine plant
April 12, 2018Manufacturing and Production Canada, Sanofi, pharma, vaccines
Sanofi has announced plans to spend €350 million on a new vaccine facility located in Toronto, Canada, a move which, …
