London – Soliris (eculizumab) has been approved in China for the treatment of adult patients with refractory generalised myasthenia gravis (gMG) who are anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody-positive. Soliris is the first and only complement inhibitor approved for the treatment of gMG in China. The approval by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China was based on comprehensive results from the Phase III …
Improving health outcomes for people at risk of substance-related harms and overdose in the region of Ottawa Ottawa – Every day, families and communities across the country lose loved ones to overdoses from the increasingly toxic drug supply. Collectively, through harm reduction services, treatment, as well as prevention efforts alongside all levels of government, the Government of Canada is working to …
KIRKLAND – Pfizer Canada ULC announces the launch of its Healthcare Hub, an initiative with Canadian tech and innovation startups to scale up health solutions, with the goal of enhancing outcomes and the patient experience in important areas of need in Canadian healthcare. Innovations will be brought to life through a partnership between Pfizer Canada and Canadian technology supercharger Communitech. …
Texas – A research group at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, did a study on oral administration of a commercially available probiotic bacterial strain and found it improved dry eye disease in an animal model. The findings was presented at ASM Microbe 2023, the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. According to Medical Xpress, 1 in …
Ottawa – Pfizer Inc. is experiencing a supply shortage of penicillin in the US as demand has increased amid rising syphilis infection rates. But a company representative at Pfizer Canada said they are monitoring the situation and there is nothing to worry about as it is not currently impacting Canada.
Washington – The US federal government will be announcing the first-ever price negotiations for 10 drugs in Medicare in three months. But pharmaceutical companies are not happy about it and they are trying to prevent it. Merck and the US Chamber of Commerce have already filed separate lawsuits against the government, saying negotiating drug prices in Medicare is unconstitutional in …
Ottawa – Canada supports the goal of ensuring that women and girls in all their diversity can decide what to do with their bodies, their lives and their futures – without question. In 2019, Canada made an historic 10-Year Commitment to improve the health and rights of women and girls around the world. This commitment includes $700 million per year to …
Regina – Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced $18 million to support Prairie Diagnostic Services in Saskatchewan over the next 5 years under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP). This investment supports the organization and the work they provide in disease diagnosis, surveillance, research and supporting animal health and welfare. Prairie Diagnostic Services is a veterinary diagnostic laboratory located …
London – As a clinician who’s worked with thousands of patients, urologic oncologist Sumeet Bhanvadia, M.D., Senior Director, the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, has seen firsthand how difficult and burdensome a bladder cancer diagnosis can be. Bladder cancer patients tend to be older—in the U.S., the median age of diagnosis is 72—and already balancing an array of …
Ottawa – Statistics Canada, in partnership with the National Microbiology Laboratory from the Public Health Agency of Canada, continues to collect the Canadian Wastewater Survey (CWS) to better understand the levels of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the wastewater of five Canadian municipalities (Metro Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Montréal, and Halifax). As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, this survey continues to provide valuable …
