NEW YORK-Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) highlights its progress in advancing new potential standards of care in Oncology at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO®) Annual Meeting, taking place May 31 to June 4 in Chicago. More than 50 abstracts, including 11 oral presentations, will be presented from Pfizer’s broadened portfolio of approved and pipeline therapies across the company’s …
Everyone in Canada deserve to be safe and free from violence. May is Sexual Violence Prevention Month, an opportunity to raise awareness about sexual abuse and support people experiencing sexual violence in this country. Approximately one in three women and one in 10 men in Canada experience sexual violence in their lifetime. Over 50% of women who were abused during …
THUNDER BAY — The Ontario government is investing more than $2.7 million over three years to launch a new mobile crisis response team in Thunder Bay to make it easier and more convenient for people experiencing homelessness or mental health and addictions crisis to get the support they need. This is one of three innovative pilot programs the government is …
Ottawa – On January 31, 2023, a subsection 56(1) exemption under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) related to personal possession of certain controlled substances came into effect in the province of British Columbia (BC). After a thorough assessment, this exemption was granted by the federal Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health to support the province …
Ottawa – Many people including those experiencing infertility, single parents and same-sex couples, may choose assisted human reproduction, including the use of donated sperm and ova, as a way of growing their families. Mark Holland, Minister of Health, is announcing that Health Canada’s updated screening criteria for sperm and ova donors have come into force, integrating the latest scientific evidence …
$2.5 million investment in new mobile crisis response team to provide faster, more convenient access to specialized supports WYOMING — The Ontario government is investing more than $2.5 million over three years to launch a new mobile crisis response team in Lambton County to make it easier and more convenient for people experiencing homelessness or mental health and addictions crisis …
Hamilton – Pfizer Canada and McMaster University are proud to announce a significant project aimed at addressing critical gaps in health equity in the development and delivery of vaccines. Pfizer Canada’s investment of $500,000 to McMaster’s Global Nexus is aimed at supporting McMaster University’s commitment to inclusive excellence in research by training emerging scholars from equity-deserving groups in the field …
New multidisciplinary projects across the country will prepare Canada for future health emergencies and build capacity Montréal – Growing a robust, competitive, domestic biomanufacturing and life sciences sector ensures that Canada has access to critical vaccines, therapeutics and other life-saving medicines. The Government of Canada has been doing just that since the launch of Canada’s Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy in 2021 …
London – Latest analysis of the results from the DUO-E Phase III trial showed Imfinzi (durvalumab) plus platinum-based chemotherapy followed by Imfinzi plus Lynparza (olaparib) (Lynparza and Imfinzi arm) demonstrated an improvement in multiple key secondary efficacy endpoints, particularly in patients with mismatch repair proficient (pMMR) advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer compared to chemotherapy alone. These results will be presented today in a late-breaking session at the 2024 Society …
Warwick – Scientists at the University of Warwick have found a new way to detect skin cancer. With some early trials on patients already underway with the use of so-called Terahertz (THz) waves, the medical mission hopes to speed up surgery and help surgeons remove cancers while leaving as much healthy skin as possible.
