Takeaways: The acquisition turns Jamieson into Kirin’s North American foundation alongside Blackmores and FANCL, creating a multi‑brand global preventative health portfolio that can leverag...
Takeaways: The main market signal is strategic rather than commercial: Health Canada’s clearance, alongside PHAC’s collaboration with Moderna, helps de-risk the company’s mRNA infectious-disease...
GSK’s Shingrix prefilled syringe presentation approved in Canada GSK Canada announced that Health Canada has approved a prefilled syringe presentation of Shingrix (Recombinant Zoster Vaccine) fo...
CDA-AMC recommends public reimbursement of LEQEMBI (lecanemab) for early Alzheimer’s disease Eisai Canada announced that Canada’s Drug Agency (CDA-AMC) has issued a positive recommendation...
Takeaways: Septa’s acquisition of CeeNU from Bristol Myers Squibb turns it into a supply‑critical oncology player in Canada, securing an essential chemotherapy that has faced...
Takeaways: The licensing of Alethia CMV gives Meridian a saliva-based, rapid molecular test for congenital CMV that can be deployed in the hours after birth, shifting detection from delayed or i...
Takeaways Skyhawk’s global Phase 2/3 FALCON-HD program for SKY-0515 positions the company as a front-runner in disease‑modifying treatment for Huntington’s disease, and if successful, a once‑dai...
Takeaways Health Canada’s approval of Novartis’ Vanrafia (atrasentan) creates Canada’s first endothelin receptor antagonist–based therapy specifically for IgA nephropathy, giving clini...
Takeaways The Canadian NOC formally moves Scenesse from special‑access cases to on‑label, publicly or privately reimbursed treatment for erythropoietic protoporphyria, e...
Canada’s biotechnology industry is entering a defining era of scientific innovation, global investment, and clinical excellence. The Leading 10 Canadian Biotech Companies of 2026 report highligh...
