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Ontario Pilot Program And PCPA New Negotiation Pathway Aim To Expedite Access To Breakthrough Cancer Treatments

The Ontario government and the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) announced separate initiatives in October 2025, both aimed to accelerate patient access to breakthrough cancer treatments approved through the Project Orbis pathway.

Canada Healthcare

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Smart & Biggar

Dan Kiselbach And Jaya Scott Write An Article For Food In Canada

Dan Kiselbach and Jaya Scott write an article for Food in Canada, entitled "Navigating trade disruption: A guide for Canadian agribusinesses and food processors".

Canada International

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

PMPRB Releases Annual Public Drug Plan Expenditure Report (2022/23)

On October 21, 2025, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) announced the release of CompassRx (10th edition), an annual report that analyzes factors driving prescription drug expenditures in Canadian public drug plans.

Canada Healthcare

SB

Smart & Biggar

Santé Canada et l'Agence de la santé publique du Canada publient un rapport sur la réduction du fardeau administratif

En réponse aux préoccupations des parties prenantes au sujet des processus administratifs obsolètes et trop prescriptifs, le gouvernement du Canada a lancé un examen du fardeau...

Canada Healthcare

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Regulatory Updates – Impacts Of Global Tariffs On Pharmaceuticals

Canada International

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Goodmans LLP

CDA Releases Strategy To Improve The Appropriate Prescribing And Use Of Prescription Medications In Canada

Canada Healthcare

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Smart & Biggar

FDA Tightens Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising In The US

Canada Media & IT

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Cassels

AI And Tech Are Powering Agribusiness Deal Flow

Canada Technology

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Health Canada And The Public Health Agency Of Canada Release Report On Cutting Red Tape

Canada Healthcare

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

British Columbia Proposes Legislation To Recoup Vaping-related Health Care Costs

Canada Healthcare

TL

Torys LLP

Producers Must Understand The Grain Contracts They Sign

Canada Healthcare

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Legal Readiness For Food Producers : Navigating Wittington Investments' C$100M Fund

Canada Healthcare

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

British Columbia Introduces Vaping Cost Recovery Legislation (Bill 24)

Canada Healthcare

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Growing Protection For Plant Varieties: Changes Coming To Canada's Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations

Canada Healthcare

TL

Torys LLP

NASA Rover Discovers More Compelling Indicators Of Ancient Life On Mars

Canada Technology

GL

Goodmans LLP

End Of The [Rail]Road: CN Plans To Discontinue Former BC Rail Line

Canada Transport

ML

McMillan LLP

Fall Tax Briefing: Trust Tax Structures, Mutual Fund Trust Eligibility, Director Liability And More

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Wildeboer Dellelce LLP

The CRA Issues A New Income Tax Folio On 'Deemed Interest Benefit On Shareholder Loans And Debts': How Is It Treated For Tax Purposes?

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Introducing Green And Spiegel's Attorney Accessibility Program: Peace Of Mind When Entering The U.S.

Canada Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Close Cull: SCC Stays Cull Of Ostrich Farm Exposed To Avian Flu

On September 24, 2025, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) granted a temporary stay of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) Notice to Dispose, which ordered the culling of approximately 400 ostriches...

Canada Healthcare

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Cassels

Medical Devices Updates: New Health Canada Guidance For Determining Medical Device Application Type And Medical Devices Directorate Performance Reports Released

As we previously reported, Health Canada completed consultation on its draft guidance for determining medical device application type.

Canada Healthcare

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Smart & Biggar

OTC Brand Names: Balancing Consumer Appeal And Legal Risk

In our previous bulletin, we discussed the legal considerations related to branding prescription drugs in Canada. In this bulletin, we focus on legal considerations related to over-the-counter drugs ("OTCs") in Canada.

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McMillan LLP

PM(NOC) Regulations: Eighth-year Anniversary Of Major Amendments

September 21, 2025, marked the eighth anniversary of the significant amendments to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (Regulations).

SB

Smart & Biggar

Health Canada And The Public Health Agency Of Canada Report On Red Tape Reduction Measures

Canada Healthcare

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Gowling WLG

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-18 Le Bulletin d'actualités législatives

Canada Healthcare

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Removal Of Regulatory Exemptions May Expand Food Additives Class, Create Uncertainty.

Canada Healthcare

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Gowling WLG

Health Canada Aims To Reduce Red Tape By Increasing International Collaboration, Alignment And Reliance

Canada Healthcare

SB

Smart & Biggar

8 Tips For Maximizing The Sale Of Your Food And Beverage Business

Canada Commercial

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Drone Use In Agriculture Requires Understanding The Rules

Canada Real Estate

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

A New Era: Health Canada Signals Modernization In Policy And Regulatory Reform

Canada Healthcare

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Contaminated Cooling Towers Cause Multiple Outbreaks Of Legionnaires' Disease In London, Ontario

Canada Healthcare

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Siskinds LLP

Bracing For PFAS: Implications For Businesses In The Face Of Increased Regulation

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Panel Recap: Financing The Future Of Food – From IP To IPO

Canada Healthcare

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

A New Era: Health Canada Signals Modernization In Policy And Regulatory Reform

On Sept. 8, 2025, Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada published their Report on Red Tape Reduction, outlining their key regulatory modernization initiatives aimed at improving efficiency, transparency and responsiveness within Canada's health system.

Canada Healthcare

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Contaminated Cooling Towers Cause Multiple Outbreaks Of Legionnaires' Disease In London, Ontario

Cooling towers contaminated with Legionella bacteria at a Sofina Foods Ltd. meat processing plant in London, Ontario have been linked to multiple outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease during the summers of 2024 and 2025.

Canada Healthcare

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Siskinds LLP

Bracing For PFAS: Implications For Businesses In The Face Of Increased Regulation

Across Canada, the federal and provincial governments continue to increase regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS") in tandem with scientific findings...

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Panel Recap: Financing The Future Of Food – From IP To IPO

On May 20, 2025, MLT Aikins and the Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN) hosted Financing the future of food: from IP to IPO, a panel discussing the intricacies of intellectual property (IP)...

Canada Healthcare

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Health Canada Releases Its Statistical Report 2024/2025 For PMNOC Regulations, Data Protection And CSPs

SB

Smart & Biggar

No Cherry Picking Here: Canadian Cherry Patent Victory In U.S. Agribusiness Intellectual Property Case

In a major legal win for Canadian agribusiness innovation, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has successfully defended its intellectual property rights in the United States over the Staccato cherry, a late-ripening variety developed in Summerland, British Columbia.

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Fasken

CFIA Reinforces Accuracy In "Product Of Canada" And "Made In Canada" Claims

As the trade war continues to impact the purchasing decisions of Canadian consumers, the market has seen a surge in "Canadiana"—from the iconic maple leaf mark to claims such as "Made in Canada", "Product of Canada"...

Canada Healthcare

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Health Canada To Modernize Biologic Drug Submissions

Health Canada has made two announcements aimed at modernizing and streamlining submissions for biologic drugs, for both biosimilars and innovative biologic drugs.

Canada Healthcare

TL

Torys LLP

Aperçu du rapport statistique 2024-2025 de Santé Canada sur le régime canadien des brevets pharmaceutiques

Le 25 juillet 2025, Santé Canada a publié son rapport statistique annuel 2024-2025 sur le Règlement sur les médicaments brevetés (avis de conformité), la protection des données et les certificats de protection supplémentaire.

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Important Changes To The Exception Patient Measure In Quebec

Canada Healthcare

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Fasken

Insights From Health Canada's 2024–2025 Statistical Report On Canadian Pharmaceutical Patent Regime

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Publishes New Guidelines For PMPRB Staff: Finally, Some Guidance For Patentees

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Les nouvelles lignes directrices du CEPMB sont enfin disponibles

Canada Healthcare

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Fasken (French)

The Court Grants An Appeal In Favour Of Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy – Toth v. Canada, 2025 FCA 119

Canada Healthcare

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McMillan LLP

Patents And Prior Art: Federal Court Clarifies Standards For Anticipation And Obviousness

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Aird & Berlis LLP

2025 Mid-year Highlights In Canadian Life Sciences IP And Regulatory Law

Canada Healthcare

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Smart & Biggar

Important New Procedural Guidelines From The PMPRB

AM

Aird & McBurney LP

Final Guidelines From Canada's PMPRB: The New Era Begins

TL

Torys LLP

The Trademark Four(Mula): Enforcement And Risk Mitigation

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Q&A On Managing Intergenerational Growth In Canadian Agribusiness

Canada Real Estate

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

July 2025 Rosen Sunshine Newsletter

Canada Government

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Rosen Sunshine LLP

Finalized PMPRB Guidelines Published

SB

Smart & Biggar

At Long Last: The New PMPRB Guidelines Are Here

Worldwide Healthcare

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Fasken

CDA Opens Consultation On Proposed List Of Drugs To Inform Development Of National Formulary

Canada Healthcare

SB

Smart & Biggar

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Latest Videos

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Pricing And Reimbursement: Federal Drug Price Control

TL

Torys LLP

Nutrition Tips & Advice During COVID-19 (Video)

GW

Gowling WLG

What Are The Challenges And Opportunities In Ontario's Budding Cannabis Retail Market? (Video)

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Emerging Growth And Venture Technology Video Series Part Two: Weed Growth (Video)

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Dentons Canada LLP

2018 Legal Year In Review (Video)

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

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