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• Information Update - Over 90 unauthorized sexual enhancement supplements and "poppers" seized eight Scarborough, Ontario, stores may pose serious health risks

  5/17/2019

  Health Canada is advising Canadians that the following products may pose serious health risks.

• Information Update - Health Canada is advising Canadians about the potential health risks associated with unauthorized cell therapy treatments such as stem cell therapy

  5/15/2019

  Health Canada is advising Canadians that some clinics and health care practitioners are offering unauthorized cell therapies, such as stem cell therapy, suggesting that these treatments are safe, and are making unproven health claims to patients.

• Government of Canada approves new treatment options for opioid use disorder and supports research, treatment and harm reduction projects in Ontario

  5/15/2019

  The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, announced that people seeking treatment for severe opioid use disorder will have access to two new treatment options.

• Helping Canadians get faster access to the prescription drugs they need to live healthier lives

  5/13/2019

  Government of Canada consults on new approach to fast-track the review of treatments for serious, rare and debilitating diseases

• Supreme Cannabis' 7ACRES Facility Approved for Additional 50,000 Square Feet of Production Capacity

  5/13/2019

  The Supreme Cannabis Company, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, 7ACRES, has obtained Health Canada approval for five additional flowering rooms totalling 50,000 sqft of additional production space at its facility in Kincardine, Ontario.

• Accelerating access to emergency treatments for patients, pets and livestock

  5/10/2019

  Modernized programs will better meet the needs of patients and their healthcare professionals

• Minister Petitpas Taylor announces funding to help strengthen palliative care

  5/10/2019

  Three organizations that focus on palliative care will receive more than $4.5 million in funding

• Government of Canada Supports Physical Activity, Healthy Eating, and Wellbeing for Students across Nova Scotia

  5/10/2019

  Enhancing the environments where children and youth learn, grow, and play is one of the ways we can help them thrive and help prevent the development of chronic diseases later in life.

• Public Advisory - Health Canada seizes a new type of "popper" containing ethyl chloride in Scarborough, ON

  5/9/2019

  Health Canada seized a new type of "popper" from Homerama Adult Video, 2524 Eglinton Avenue East, Scarborough, Ontario, that is labelled to contain ethyl chloride.

• First and Only PARP Inhibitor, Lynparza® (Olaparib) Approved as a First-line Maintenance Therapy Treatment in BRCA-Mutated Advanced Ovarian Cancer - May 8, 2019

  5/8/2019

  AstraZeneca and Merck's Lynparza reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 70% compared to placebo following response to platinum-based chemotherapy

• Statement from the Minister of Health on further reducing barriers for blood donation by men who have sex with men

  5/8/2019

  Canada took a major step in breaking down barriers preventing men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood.

• Government of Canada implements new regulations to help stop strangulation deaths linked to corded window coverings

  5/1/2019

  Regulations go further than those of any other country in addressing the risk of strangulation to children

• Triumvira Submits Investigational New Drug (IND) Application to the FDA and Clinical Trial Application (CTA) to Health Canada to Evaluate TAC01-CD19, a T Cell Antigen Coupler Therapy, in Ph 1/2 TACTIC-19 Trial

  5/1/2019

  Triumvira Immunologics Inc. has simultaneously submitted an IND to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and a CTA to Health Canada to initiate a Phase 1/2, first-in-human trial of TAC01-CD19, a TAC-T cell therapy product engineered to target CD-19 in patients with Relapsed/Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma.

• The Government of Canada implements commitment to plain packaging for tobacco products

  5/1/2019

  Reducing the appeal of tobacco products will help to protect the health of Canadians from tobacco-related death and disease

• /R E P E A T -- Notice to the media - Health Canada officials to hold a media technical briefing on Tobacco Products Regulations/

  5/1/2019

  Officials from Health Canada will hold a technical briefing to provide information on the final publication of the Tobacco Products Regulations.

• Notice to the media - Health Canada officials to hold a media technical briefing on Tobacco Products Regulations

  4/30/2019

  Officials from Health Canada will hold a technical briefing to provide information on the final publication of the Tobacco Products Regulations.

• Increasing access to 3D Printed Implantable Medical Devices for patients

  4/30/2019

  3D printing provides opportunities for patients who need personalized customized treatments

• Government of Canada announces membership of new Scientific Advisory Committee on Health Products for Women

  4/26/2019

  Prominent physicians, award-winning researchers, and patient advocates to collaborate towards optimal health outcomes for women

• Advisory - Multiple unauthorized prescription drugs seized from Vanier store in Ottawa, Ontario, may pose serious health risks

  4/25/2019

  Health Canada has seized multiple unauthorized drugs from Gigi's Market in Ottawa, Ontario.

• /R E P E A T -- Notice to the media - Government of Canada to announce funding to address the health risks of climate change/

  4/25/2019

  On behalf of the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, federal Minister of Health, Terry Duguid, Member of Parliament, will announce federal support for an initiative to communicate health risks related to climate change.