Of note: as the ONLY drug💊currently on the List of Drugs for an Urgent Public Health Need, #rifapentine is the ONLY drug that currently qualifies for this Health Canada evaluation fee waiver. But Sanofi still can't be bothered to bring this #EssentialMedicine for #tuberculosis to market in Canada.
February 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Of note: as the ONLY drug💊currently on the List of Drugs for an Urgent Public Health Need, #rifapentine is the ONLY drug that currently qualifies for this Health Canada evaluation fee waiver. But Sanofi still can't be bothered to bring this #EssentialMedicine for #tuberculosis to market in Canada.
New Access to Medicine Index is out: accesstomedicinefoundation.org/news/pharma-... Informative... but highlighting an #EssentialMedicine like #rifapentine - needed but not registered in Canada, UK, EU - also underscores value of looking beyond HIC/LMIC split at holistic global access solutions.💊🌐
November 20, 2024 at 7:57 AM
New Access to Medicine Index is out: accesstomedicinefoundation.org/news/pharma-... Informative... but highlighting an #EssentialMedicine like #rifapentine - needed but not registered in Canada, UK, EU - also underscores value of looking beyond HIC/LMIC split at holistic global access solutions.💊🌐
Had missed the kinda unusual scenario where an #EssentialMedicine for #NTDs that actually IS marketed in Canada was in shortage and in turn the "exceptional importation and sale" of an alternate supply was permitted (same company/brandname but labelled for "Middle Africa"). #Praziquantel #Biltricide
February 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Had missed the kinda unusual scenario where an #EssentialMedicine for #NTDs that actually IS marketed in Canada was in shortage and in turn the "exceptional importation and sale" of an alternate supply was permitted (same company/brandname but labelled for "Middle Africa"). #Praziquantel #Biltricide
November 20, 2024 at 10:20 AM
🚨👀💊In exciting, if overdue, news... a submission has been made to Health Canada for approval of #rifapentine (an #EssentialMedicine for #tuberculosis).
May 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🚨👀💊In exciting, if overdue, news... a submission has been made to Health Canada for approval of #rifapentine (an #EssentialMedicine for #tuberculosis).