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Ozempic claims in Sask. spike more than 3,000% in 5 years, many for weight loss

Chamundi Selvaraj takes a weekly dose of Ozempic because she's afraid of dying from diabetes-related kidney failure like her mother…

3 weeks ago

Accel , Mint and Pharmascience recall some drugs over efficacy test data concerns

Three pharmaceutical companies are recalling various tablets due to concerns about the tests used to demonstrate their efficacy, Health Canada…

4 weeks ago

Cumberland House, Sask., in state of emergency due to impassable highway

Cumberland House has been running low on groceries and supplies all week due to the state of the only highway…

1 month ago

Quebec class action authorized against 16 pharma companies for role in opioid crisis

A class-action lawsuit has been authorized to proceed against 16 pharmaceutical companies for their role in manufacturing, selling, marketing and distributing opioid…

3 months ago

Otsuka, Click Therapeutics get FDA clearance for prescription digital therapeutic

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and Click Therapeutics announced that Rejoyn, a smartphone-based prescription digital therapeutic for major depressive disorder (MDD), scored FDA…

3 months ago

No widespread diversion of safe-supply drugs, says Farnworth

British Columbia's solicitor general says there's no evidence of widespread diversion of safe-supply opioids, after a recent drug seizure was…

4 months ago

Health minister says he hopes some provinces will have pharmacare plan in place by end of 2024

Federal Health Minister Mark Holland says he hopes some provinces will be able to have the government's new pharmacare plan…

4 months ago

Codeine cough syrups are made prescription only because of risk of abuse

Codeine linctus has been reclassified as a prescription only drug by the UK’s medicines regulator because of concerns over abuse,…

4 months ago

Audrina 28 birth control pill stickers misprinted in some lots, Health Canada says

Certain lots of Audrina 28 birth control pills contain day-of-the-week stickers that have a misprint that could lead to confusion…

4 months ago

New prescription drugs typically sold first in US: Report

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Most new prescription drugs are sold first in the U.S. before they reach other nations, but…

5 months ago

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