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Disruption in healthcare is coming

World of DTC Marketing

Between 2019 and 2021, Alphabet’s venture-capital arms, Google Ventures, and Gradient Ventures, and its private-equity unit, CapitalG, made about 100 deals, a quarter of Alphabet’s combined total, in life sciences and health care. Then there is the cost of generic drugs.

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Health Canada’s proposed amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations and the Medical Devices Regulations

Pharma in Brief

On July 31, 2021, Health Canada published a Notice of Intent outlining its plan to amend the Food and Drug Regulations ( FDR ) and the Medical Devices Regulations in the spring of 2022. Generic drugs and biosimilars are not eligible for this application pathway. Biologic Drugs. Food and Drugs Act , R.S.C.,

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Proposed amendments to the PM(NOC) Regulations: Patents claiming different salt forms of medicinal ingredients eligible for inclusion on the Patent Register

Pharma in Brief

As previously reported , the Proposed FDR Amendments were intended to clarify the regulatory requirements under the Abbreviated New Drug Submission (“ ANDS ”) pathway for generic drug products that contain different forms (e.g., Proposed PM(NOC) Amendments Restore Balance by Expanding PM(NOC) Regulation Protections.

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Expanding ketamine’s horizons to treat rare neurological disorders

Pharmaceutical Technology

The drug is also known for its illegal recreational use. In March 2019, the American regulator approved esketamine , an enantiomer of ketamine, for use in treatment-resistant depression as a nasal spray. Fox Foundation gave Sanacora a $2 million grant to study the drug’s use for depression in patients with Parkinson’s disease.

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Dormant drug status can trigger generic access to an alternate Canadian Reference Product

Pharma in Brief

On January 26, 2024, Health Canada published a Notice concerning its application of the definition of Canadian Reference Product ( CRP ) in the Food and Drug Regulations ( Regulations ). For instance, the generic drug must be “the pharmaceutical equivalent of the [CRP]” and be “bioequivalent with the [CRP]”.

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Ontario proposes removing barrier to listing “well-established drugs” on its public formulary

Pharma in Brief

201/96 under the Ontario Drug Benefit Act ( ODBA Regulations ). 935 under the Drug Interchangeability and Dispensing Fee Act ( DIDFA Regulations ). In both Regulations, the new exception would apply where the drug product is “not a new drug as defined in the Food and Drug Regulations ”.

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Reality Bites: Disappointment in the R&D Sector

Pharmaceutical Technology

As the blockbuster drugs of the 90s that earned the industry billions reach their patent shelf lives, pharmaceutical companies require new medicines to sustain an estimated $157bn worth of sales. The report says the infrastructure around regulators vendors and the support industry will have to significantly change.

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