Canadian patients wait a very long time, much longer than in other developed countries, before being able to access new treatments, notes the Conference Board of Canada.
An outside expert cautioned in an editorial that more research will be needed to tell if the drug can be used as ‘a sole treatment’ for obstructive sleep apnea.
Insulin icodec, which will be sold under the brand name Awiqli, is the first once-a-week basal insulin injection in the world and it will be available across the country starting June 30.
Some studies have demonstrated lower mortality with phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor treatment for erectile dysfunction in men with stable coronary artery disease, compared with no treatment.
Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, Abrysvo (RSV stabilized prefusion F subunit vaccine), is now available in Canada. Which statement about Abrysvo is false?