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We previously reported on Canada’s first-ever National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases, which included up to $1.4 billion in funding for provinces and territories, to be negotiated through bilateral agreements. This...more
On November 1, 2023, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) dismissed Actial’s appeal from an application for judicial review of the Minister of Health’s decision to disclose records pursuant to a request under the Access to...more
On May 26, 2023, the Minister of Health issued a decision that Biosimilar Collaborations Ireland Limited (BCIL) was entitled to the benefit of a notice of allegation (NOA) served by the previous owner of a new drug submission...more
As previously reported, the Federal Court quashed a second decision by the Minister of Health (Minister) to issue a Notice of Compliance (NOC) to Médunik Canada (Médunik) for its amifampridine product, RUZURGI, following the...more
On November 21, 2022, the Minister of Health tabled the 2021 Annual Report of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB). The Report includes information on the PMBRB’s regulatory activities, pharmaceutical sales and...more
On March 30, 2022, the Minister of Health tabled the 2020 Annual Report of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB). The 2020 Annual Report outlines the PMPRB’s mandate, structure and regulatory activities and...more
On April 14, 2022, the Minister of Health announced that the amendments to the Patented Medicines Regulations (the “Regulations”), originally released on August 18, 2019, would come into force on July 1, 2022 in a...more
As we have previously reported, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minister of Health had made interim orders pursuant to the Food and Drugs Act to address the significant risk to health posed by shortages in 2020 and...more
On March 10, 2022, for the second time, the Federal Court set aside a decision by the Minister of Health (Minister) to issue Médunik Canada (Médunik) a Notice of Compliance (NOC) for its amifampridine product, RUZURGI,...more
On August 9, 2019, the Minister of Health denied Merck’s application for a Certificate of Supplementary Protection (CSP) for Canadian Patent No 2,670,892 relating to the drug suvorexant (Merck’s BELSOMRA). On September 29,...more
On July 31, 2021, the Minister of Health provided notice of proposed amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations and the Medical Devices Regulations. The amendments are planned for spring 2022 and are intended to modernize...more
Update: On November 10, 2021, the Minister rejected Janssen’s second request for data protection for SPRAVATO, which was submitted following the coming into force of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). The...more
Update: On redetermination, Health Canada issued a new notice of compliance for RUZURGI on June 24, 2021. Catalyst and Kye have sought judicial review (Court File No T-1047-21). On May 31, 2021, the Federal Court quashed a...more
In the first appellate decision relating to Certificates of Supplementary Protection (CSPs), the Federal Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal of the Minister of Health (the Minister), setting aside the lower court judgment....more
As previously reported... on September 16, 2020, Canada’s Minister of Health approved an Interim Order Respecting the Importation, Sale and Advertising of Drugs for Use in Relation to COVID-19 (the ISAD Interim Order), which...more
On September 30, 2020, the Federal Court dismissed an application by Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc (Catalyst) and KYE Pharmaceuticals Inc (KYE) (collectively, the applicants) for an interlocutory injunction to stay the...more
Federal Court finds invalidity allegations relating to patent for metformin formulations not justified - On March 8, 2019, Justice Fothergill granted Valeant Canada’s application for an order prohibiting the Minister of...more