Auxilium Pharmaceuticals and Actelion Pharmaceuticals Canada have announced Health Canada notice of compliance (approval) for Xiaflex (collagenase clostridium histolyticum or CCH) to treat Dupuytren's contracture in adults with a palpable ...
Canada is planning to implement a law which makes the labeling of mechanically tenderized beef mandatory,as a part of its effort to ensure food safety. This move comes after mechanically tenderized beef products from XL Foods were linked ...
Tags: law, label, food safety, E.coli
The vaccines division of the Sanofi Group,Sanofi Pasteur,has won Health Canada approval for the use of Menactra,the Meningococcal polysaccharide diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine,as early as nine months of age. Menactra vaccine prevents ...
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Canada has become the latest country to approve the use of stevia in food and beverages. Health Canada said on Friday (30 November) it has authorised the use of the sugar substitute as a food additive for products. Previously it was only ...
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The Health Canada has approved a label change for Biogen Idec's Tysabri to include anti-JC virus (JCV) antibody status as a risk factor for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The product monograph change will help enable ...
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Pfizer Canada has introduced Toviaz (fesoterodine fumarate extended release tablets) that is indicated for the treatment of patients with overactive bladder (OAB) with symptoms of urinary frequency, urgency, or urge incontinence, or any ...
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BioSyent Pharma, a subsidiary of BioSyent, has signed an exclusive licensing and distribution agreement with an undisclosed European partner for two new products, which will be marketed by its' Hospital Products Division. The two products ...
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Specialty pharmaceutical company, BioSyent Inc., said its subsidiary BioSyent Pharma has launched a sterile topical anesthetic called Cathejell Jelly 2% for the Canadian healthcare market. Cathejell Jelly 2% combines a sterile gel and ...
Tags: Sterile Anesthetic, Cathejell Jelly 2%, Canadian healthcare
Health Canada has reaffirmed that bisphenol A(BPA)is safe to be used in food packaging and does not pose a health risk. This is the latest update by the agency,which conducted an assessment in 2008.The announcement comes when the ...
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Software solutions provider CardioComm Solutions has received clearance from Health Canada to sell and market its HeartCheck ECG pen to both consumers and patients under physician prescription across Canada. The company has translated the ...
Tags: ECG pen, translated the language, heart rhythm record, ECG health record
Mattress Direct and Protect-A-Bed reported that the recently presented a $4,000 check to Home for our Troops, a national non-profit organization dedicated to assisting severely injured veterans and their immediate families. To coincide ...
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Accumetrics has received Health Canada license for its VerifyNow system, designed to measure platelet reactivity in patients on antiplatelet medications including aspirin and P2Y12 inhibitors (clopidogrel). As per the license, VerifyNow ...
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Sunshine Heart has obtained conditional approval for its new C-Pulse system driver from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new driver, which features a lighter single unit and a number of software enhancements, is designed to ...
Health Canada has permitted Trimel Pharmaceuticals' to enroll patients in Canada for the Tefina Phase II Ambulatory study. The double-blinded, placebo-controlled study will enroll 240 pre-menopausal women patients with female orgasmic ...
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Mylan Pharmaceuticals, the Canadian subsidiary of Mylan, has gained Health Canada approval for Mylan-Bosentan Tablets, 62.5mg and 125mg. The generic version of Actelion's Tracleer is indicated for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Mylan ...
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