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January 22, 2016 / CCSN News

Third report from the Health Ministers’ meeting this week in Vancouver B.C.

VANCOUVER, January 22nd, 2016 - Canadian Cancer Survivor Network President and CEO Jackie Manthorne (right) and CCSN Health Policy Consultant Louise Binder (left) were in Vancouver for events taking place...
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January 22, 2016 / CCSN News

Cancer Patient Groups Hopeful Prescription Drug Talks Will Eliminate Existing Drug Access Disparities Across Canada

Patient groups attending the Ministers’ meetings in Vancouver waited patiently outside the private media conference to learn that Health Ministers are going to begin talks toward a national prescription drug...
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January 21, 2016 / CCSN News

Second report from the Health Ministers’ meeting this week in Vancouver B.C.

VANCOUVER, January 21st, 2016 - Canadian Cancer Survivor Network President and CEO Jackie Manthorne (left) and CCSN Health Policy Consultant Louise Binder (right) are in Vancouver for events taking place...
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January 21, 2016 / CCSN News

Improving health of Canadians the focus in wide-ranging health talks

VANCOUVER - In a wide-ranging set of discussions touching on many aspects of Canadians' health and health care, provincial and territorial health ministers committed to continued cooperation and collaboration across...
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January 20, 2016 / CCSN News

Oncology groups laud federal government?s decision to join the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA)

But will it really increase access to treatments? A coalition of national oncology patient groups is pleased that the Federal government will join its provincial and territorial counterparts to negotiate...
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January 20, 2016 / CCSN News

Report from the Health Ministers’ meeting this week in Vancouver B.C.

 VANCOUVER, January 20th, 2016 - Canadian Cancer Survivor Network President and CEO Jackie Manthorne and CCSN Health Policy Consultant  Louise Binder are in Vancouver for events taking place around Canada’s...
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January 19, 2016 / CCSN News

B.C. health minister says feds to join province’s bulk-buy drug alliance

By The Canadian Press January 19, 2016 11:30 AM VICTORIA - The federal Liberal government is set to join other Canadian provinces and territories in a bulk-buying drug program that...
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January 19, 2016 / CCSN News

Oncology Patient Groups Support Expanded Drug Access

Oncology patient groups support expanded drug access for those forgotten in the health care system because of where they live or lack of income.   We believe that a drug...
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January 18, 2016 / Treatment Updates

BLINCYTO is the First-and-Only Bispecific CD19-Directed CD3 T-Cell Engager (BiTE®) Immunotherapy Approved by Health Canada

Mississauga, ON. (January 12, 2016) - Amgen Canada Inc., today announced that Health Canada has granted conditional* approval of BLINCYTO™ (blinatumomab) for the treatment of adults with Philadelphia chromosome-negative (Ph-)...
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January 18, 2016 / CCSN News

Health Ministers’ Meeting: Cancer Groups Support Improved Access for Cancer Patients Falling Between the Cracks

OTTAWA, January 20th, 2016 – Leading Canadian cancer groups, the Canadian Cancer Survivor Network (CCSN), Save Your Skin Foundation (SYSF), Life Saving Therapies Network (LSTN), Anal Cancer – A Bum...
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