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PMPRB opens consultation to streamline Board hearings

Canada - March 9 2026 On March 5, 2026, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB or Board) published a series of proposed Practice Directions to streamline its…

Health Canada proposes expediting drug approvals by relying on foreign regulatory decisions

Canada - February 5 2026 Health Canada has proposed a framework under which manufacturers can ask it to rely on foreign regulatory decisions to speed up the review of new…

Health Canada Announces Long-Awaited Clinical Trial Regulations

Canada - January 26 2026 On December 20, 2025, Health Canada announced draft Clinical Trial Regulations (CT Regulations) and related guidance that would revamp how clinical…

Pharma in Brief’s 2025 Year in Review and What to Watch for in 2026

Canada - January 19 2026 The Pharma In Brief team is looking back at 2025's most notable legal and regulatory developments in the Canadian pharmaceutical space and…

Agile drug licensing: Health Canada consulting on new “terms and conditions” guidance to replace its Notice of Compliance with Conditions policy

Canada - January 7 2026 In December 2025, Health Canada published new draft guidance documents detailing when and how terms and conditions (T&Cs) may be imposed on drugs…

Federal Court of Appeal affirms trademark confusion between names of eye medicines

Canada - December 22 2025 The Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) has affirmed a Federal Court (FC) decision finding that the brand name of a biosimilar drug (BYOOVIZ) was…

Accelerating drug access in Canada: New pathways from the pCPA and Province of Ontario

Canada - November 4 2025 In October 2025, the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) and the Government of Ontario announced new pathways to accelerate the funding of…

Pharmacare update: Canada’s Drug Agency launches Appropriate Use Strategy

Canada - October 7 2025 Canada’s Drug Agency/L’Agence des médicaments du Canada (CDA-AMC) recently launched a strategy to advance the appropriate use of prescription drugs…

National Pharmacare: Canada’s Drug Agency Consulting on National Bulk Purchasing Strategy

Canada - July 14 2025 Canada’s Drug Agency/L’Agence des médicaments du Canada (CDA-AMC) has launched a consultation on advice for a national bulk purchasing strategy for…

Drug Pricing Update: PMPRB releases final price-review Guidelines

Canada - July 1 2025 On June 30, 2025, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB or Board) released the final version of its new guidelines (the Guidelines). The…