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/CNW/ - Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is considered the silent pandemic and develops when microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses become resistant to.
iPolitics By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on Mar 3, 2021 5:18pm Dr. Andrew Morris, medical director of the Sinai Health System-University Health Network Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, appears before the House of Commons Health committee on Feb. 26, 2020. (Screenshot)
The federal government mishandled its procurement of COVID-19 treatments by spending an estimated $100 million on “effectively useless” drugs, says the doctor who runs a program that advises two Toronto hospital networks about medications.
In the fall, Ottawa announced major purchases of two drugs, remdesivir and bamlanivimab, shortly after Health Canada approved them to treat people with COVID.
On Sept. 20, the government announced it had bought 150,000 vials of remdesivir, but not how much it paid for them. But based on the US$390-per-vial price set by Daniel Day, the CEO of Gilead Sciences, which sold the drug to Ottawa, it can be estimated that Canada paid around $77 million for the batch, whi
iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Mar 3, 2021 5:53pm The first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arriving in Canada on March 3 (Bill Blair via Twitter)
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It’s wheels down for the first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19. Nearly 500,000 doses arrived in Canada earlier today, but there’s still some confusion about whose arms they should enter. Health Canada last week authorized its use for all adult Canadians, but the National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommended earlier this week that it not be administered to people age 65 or older. Other countries, including France, have since moved on from that position an