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Health Canada expands Jemperli (dostarlimab for injection) plus chemotherapy approval to all adult patients with primary advanced or first recurrent endometrial cancer, as the first and only immuno-oncology-based treatment to show an overall survival benefit for these patients
17 April 2025 - Approval based on RUBY Part 1 trial, where Jemperli plus chemotherapy demonstrated a statistically significant and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2025
Health Canada approves Imfinzi (durvalumab) as the first and only immunotherapy regimen for adult patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer
10 April 2025 - Health Canada has granted a Notice of Compliance for Imfinzi (durvalumab), as monotherapy, for the treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2025
Health Canada approves Keytruda for the treatment of adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma, in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel and then continued as monotherapy
19 March 2025 - Approval is based on the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-868/NRG-GY018 trial. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Mar 2025
Health Canada authorises Lazcluze (lazertinib) in combination with Rybrevant (amivantamab) as a first-line chemotherapy-free treatment for patients with EGFR-mutated advanced lung cancer
10 March 2025 - Phase 3 MARIPOSA study showed Lazcluze plus Rybrevant significantly improved progression-free survival, reducing the risk of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Feb 2025
Health Canada authorizes Itovebi (inavolisib film-coated tablets), a targeted treatment for advanced hormone receptor-positive, HER2 negative breast cancer with a PIK3CA mutation
19 February 2025 - The approval provides another treatment option for breast cancer patients with a PIK3CA mutation, one of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2025
Health Canada approves Merck's Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for the treatment of adult patients with resectable Stage II, IIIA, or IIIB (T3-4N2) non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) in combination with platinum-containing chemotherapy as neo-adjuvant treatment, and then continued as monotherapy as adjuvant treatment after surgery
11 February 2025 - Approval is based on the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-671 trial. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2025
Albertan with rare blood cancer calls on Health Canada to approve life-saving drug
20 January 2025 - An Alberta woman living with a rare form of blood cancer is calling on Health Canada ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2025
Takeda's Fruzaqla (fruquintinib) receives Health Canada market authorisation for metastatic colorectal cancer
20 January 2025 - Positive reimbursement recommendations by Canada's Drug Agency and Institut National d'excellence en Santé et Services Sociaux. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2025
Long wait for cancer drug approvals causing 'great anguish' among patients, doctors
18 January 2025 - Potentially life-saving treatments delayed by bureaucracy, doctors say. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jan 2025
Rybrevant plus chemotherapy approved in Canada as first and only targeted treatment to reduce risk of disease progression or death by more than half in second-line EGFR mutated advanced lung cancer
16 January 2025 - Phase 3 MARIPOSA-2 study showed Rybrevant in combination with carboplatin and pemetrexed significantly improved progression-free survival compared ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2025
CAR T cell therapy Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel) approved for second-line relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
13 January 2024 - In the pivotal Phase 3 TRANSFORM trial, Breyanzi demonstrated a significant improvement in event-free survival over ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jan 2025
Astellas receives Health Canada approval for Vyloy (zolbetuximab) in combination with chemotherapy for advanced gastric and gastro-oesophageal junction cancer
9 January 2024 - Canada's Drug Agency recently issued draft recommendation to reimburse Vyloy with conditions. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2024
Health Canada authorises Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel) for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received one to three prior lines of therapy
21 November 2024 - Authorisation is based on results from the Phase 3 CARTITUDE-4 (MMY3002) study, which showed treatment with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2024
Health Canada approves first and only oral targeted treatment for brain cancer
22 October 2024 - Pivotal Phase 3 study shows significant improvement in progression-free survival with a favourable safety profile. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Oct 2024
Health Canada approves label expansion for Telix’s Illuccix to include patient selection for PSMA targeted therapy
4 October 2024 - Telix Pharmaceuticals today announces that Health Canada has approved the use of Illuccix (kit for the ...