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- 4/15/2019
Big pharma might delay new drugs if pharmacare means more generics: memo
Brand-name drug companies could put off introducing new medicine in Canada and scale back research here if the country makes a major shift to cheaper generic alternatives under a national pharmacare plan, according to an internal federal analysis. - 4/15/2019
Cost of waiting under single-payer healthcare
Single-payer healthcare has run its course. The experiment has more than enough data to prove that we need to do better. - 4/15/2019
Paired living liver donation at Toronto's UHN believed to be North American first
The transplant program says paired liver exchanges have been performed in Korea and Hong Kong, but there are no published reports of them being done in Europe or North America - 4/15/2019
Canadian researchers hope new drugs possible for hardest to treat brain cancer
Even after 99% of a tumour is removed, a few remaining cells multiply like tentacles and regrow in another part of the brain - 4/14/2019
One-third of patients with cancer or a cancer history use complementary or alternative medicines
Almost 30% of these patients do not disclose use of these products to their physicians - 4/11/2019
Pharmacist common ailment assessment coming to Ontario
After years of lobbying the province, the Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA) is finally getting new prescriptive authorities for the assessment and treatment of known common illnesses.