Cancer Drugs

• Canadian Cancer Society urges Ontario to cover cost of take-home medication

  Kirsten Watson almost lost access to potentially life-saving medication — a situation she found herself in because Ontario does not cover the cost of take-home cancer drugs.

  Health

  Feb 28, 2024
  
• Pfizer to buy cancer drugmaker Seagen in US$43B deal 

  Pfizer is spending about $43 billion to reach deeper into new cancer treatments that target tumour cells while sparing surrounding healthy tissue.

  Health

  Mar 13, 2023
  
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• Vancouver couple left to fundraise for cancer drug after coverage denied by BC Cancer

  Manuel Perez Cabello has stage four desmoplastic small round cell sarcoma and a doctor's approval to take Entrectinib, but BC Cancer won't cover the treatment.

  Health

  Aug 9, 2022
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• B.C. particle accelerator scores triumph with deal to produce ‘rarest drug on earth’

  UBC's TRIUMF facility is gearing up to produce actinium-225, a rare radioisotope that early research shows could have a powerful effect fighting cancer.

  Health

  Dec 24, 2020
• Dylan Fournier’s stage 4 cancer treatment is covered — for now. He’s fighting to keep it that way

  Every three months, Dylan Fournier is left wondering if he’ll be cut off from the cancer treatment he needs to survive.

  Health

  Dec 6, 2019
• Cremation workers might be exposed to their clients’ radioactive cancer drugs

  A new case report found traces of radioactive cancer drugs in a crematorium worker's urine.

  Health

  Feb 27, 2019
• Nobel laureates in medicine say cancer won’t be eradicated within next decades

  The winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine say they expect substantial advances toward treating cancer in the next several decades, although it is unlikely the disease could be eradicated.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2018
• Nearly 250 N.B. patients did not receive full dose of cancer drugs: Horizon Health

  Patients and families of patients have received letters advising that about 10 per cent of the medication dose was left in the IV tubing during the administration process. 

  Canada

  Sep 7, 2018
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• Cancer patients at Peterborough Regional Health Centre did not receive full chemo dosages

  Issues arose over tubings used to administer three types of drugs.

  Health

  Aug 14, 2018
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• Ontario NDP promise coverage for cancer drug prescriptions if elected

  In Ontario, cancer drugs administered in hospitals are free but take-home drugs often have a cost.

  Politics

  Apr 30, 2018