TheraPsil, a patient advocacy organization, and 73 healthcare practitioners (HCPs) have succeeded in the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) to overturn the refusal of the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate...more
IN THIS ISSUE:
- Shire’s VYVANSE patent valid, prohibition order issued
- First judicial consideration of Vanessa’s Law: Health Canada must disclose requested clinical trial data
- PMPRB News
- Patented Medicine...more
8/1/2018
/ CADTH ,
Canada ,
Canadian Patent Office ,
Clinical Trials ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Drug Approvals ,
Health Canada ,
Leave to Appeal ,
Motion to Compel ,
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
PMNOC Regulations ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Tobacco ,
Tobacco Regulations ,
Vanessa's Law
In the first case calling upon a court to interpret and apply Vanessa’s Law, the Federal Court has ordered Health Canada to release requested complete copies of all sections of all clinical study reports and all electronic...more
7/30/2018
/ Amended Rules ,
Canada ,
Clinical Trials ,
Confidential Information ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Disclosure ,
Food and Drug Act ,
Freedom of Expression ,
Health and Safety ,
Health Canada ,
Medical Research ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Transparency ,
Vanessa's Law
An Update on Vanessa’s Law -
This is a special update on the Protecting Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (Vanessa’s Law) which was approved on November 6, 2014 (as previously reported), amending the Food and Drugs Act...more
5/26/2018
/ Anti-Monopoly ,
Apotex ,
Appeals ,
Canada ,
Clinical Trials ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Damages ,
Drug Safety ,
Drug Testing ,
Eli Lilly ,
Food and Drug Act ,
Gilead Sciences ,
Health Canada ,
Jurisdiction ,
Leave to Appeal ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
New Regulations ,
Opioid ,
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) ,
Patented Medicines ,
Pfizer ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Pharmacies ,
PMNOC Regulations ,
Post-Market Approval ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Section 8 ,
Supreme Court of Canada ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals