Mar 7, 2023 | access, health policy, oncology, oncopolicy |
Timely access to innovative treatments is crucial for those living with cancer. However, for Candians with cancer, the approval process for such treatments can be lengthy and complex. Cancer treatments usually receive Health Canada and subsequent health technology...
Feb 8, 2023 | health policy, oncology, oncopolicy |
PROVIDED BY Cancer Action Now TORONTO, Feb. 8, 2023 /CNW/ – As the Prime Minister and Premiers convened in Ottawa yesterday to discuss much-needed reforms to Canada’s health systems, cancer patients and stakeholder groups...
Nov 7, 2022 | access, health policy, oncology, oncopolicy |
as the ministers of health across the country meet in vancouver over the next couple of days, the CANCER ACTION NOW ALLIANCE members have drafted a letter to remind them of the canadians, who every day are diagnosed, treated, screened and die from cancer. an ongoing...
Nov 3, 2021 | biomarkers, health policy, innovation, oncology, precision medicine |
because we know that cancer can be highly variable from one person to the other, based on the changes at the molecular level, each patient, even those with the same diagnosis, have a unique set of changes that influence how a person will respond to therapy, or how...
Nov 17, 2020 | biosimilars, innovation, oncology |
here’s how biologics have become an important part in the cancer landscape, providing better outcomes for some patients . because they are made from living organisms biologics can not be exactly copied [generics]. the complex manufacturing process of biologics...
Jun 23, 2020 | #travelwithcolab, asco, innovation, oncology |
for the first time since its inception in 1965, the ASCO scientific conference was held virtually amid the COVID 19 pandemic. this did not stop the global oncology community from convening during three days [from may 29-31] to accelerate progress together. on june 4th...
