Sep 10, 2019 | car-t, innovation |
do we want an innovative canada or are we ok with a balanced-book kind of canada? if that isn’t the million dollar question these days. the proposed PMPRB regulations are in stark contrast to some of the initiatives in innovation and life sciences that some of the...
Sep 5, 2019 | car-t, innovation, oncology |
on september 5.2018 health canada gave a notice of compliance [NOC] for tisagenlecleucel [kymriah]. it was the first chimeric antigen receptor [car] t-cell therapy to receive regulatory approval in canada. but here we are one year later after health canada’s approval...
Aug 20, 2019 | car-t, innovation, oncology |
car t-cell therapy is the next big cancer treatment hitting the canadian cancer treatment landscape— with one recently approved car t-cell therapy and another on the way for use in specific patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia [ALL] and large B-cell...
Aug 1, 2019 | car-t, innovation, oncology |
the arrival of car t-cell therapy is disrupting the canadian healthcare system, but it has also offered an opportunity for canada to position itself as a leader in the delivery of car-t cell therapy – circa 6 months ago. the delays in actually providing access...
May 22, 2019 | car-t, innovation, precision medicine |
a few weeks ago, I attended the canadian agency for drugs and technologies in health [CADTH] symposium in edmonton, AB. the opening plenary discussion was on ‘the hope and hype’ in healthcare. your perspective on this, of course, depends on how you’re...
May 7, 2019 | car-t, innovation |
shifting the conversations. if the arrival of car-t has taught us anything, and it certainly has, it is that perhaps one of the major lessons learned is the need for all stakeholders to work together in ways that have never been done before. because of the disruptive...
