/CNW/ - The latest edition of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) Meds Entry Watch reports that 40 new-to-Canada medicines were approved for.
The latest edition of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) Meds Pipeline Monitor reports that oncology continued to dominate the therapeutic mix of the drug pipeline in 2020, with cancer treatments representing one third (35%) of medicines in all phases of clinical trials. Treatments for infectious diseases held the second largest share of the pipeline, at 13%, and are expected to grow in importance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meds Pipeline Monitor 2020 reviewed 935 new medicines in late stages of clinical evaluation to highlight drugs that could potentially impact the Canadian health care system. Among these, the PMPRB identified 16 late-stage new medicines, including five gene therapies, that may offer breakthroughs in treating previously unmet needs or have the potential to treat large patient populations, as well as six new medicines currently under review by Heath Canada. The report also provides an overview of the fast-moving pipeline for medicines and v
The latest edition of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) Meds Pipeline Monitor reports that oncology continued to dominate the therapeutic.
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Annual expenditures on drugs in public plans exceeded $12 billion in 2018-19
OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 18, 2020 /CNW/ - The latest edition of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board s (PMPRB) CompassRx report reveals that prescription drug expenditures for the National Prescription Drug Utilization Information System (NPDUIS) public drug plans increased by 5.6% in 2018/19 to reach $12.1 billion, driven primarily by a considerable rise in the use of higher-cost drugs coupled with greater than average impacts from plan design changes and the use of generic drugs.
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CompassRx report monitors and analyzes the cost pressures driving changes in prescription drug expenditures in Canadian public drug plans. This sixth edition of