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Ottawa says provinces should pay for nurse practitioners, gives one-year grace before penalties New policy amounts to one of the most significant updates of the Canada Health Act in years

01.03.2026 22:13 — 👍 14 🔁 8 💬 4 📌 0

Dozens of online-pharmacy ads, including for weight-loss drugs, appear to violate federal rules By making certain promises to customers, some companies are running afoul of Canadian drug advertising laws

Online pharmacy services have boomed, and advertisements for quick access to in-demand drugs are all over social media. But many of these promotions are violating Canadian regulations on prescription-drug advertising, a Globe and Mail analysis has found.

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13.02.2026 19:24 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Dozens of online-pharmacy ads, including for weight-loss drugs, appear to violate federal rules By making certain promises to customers, some companies are running afoul of Canadian drug advertising laws

13.02.2026 00:25 — 👍 16 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 2

Ottawa says digital prescription tool cancelled because it failed to replace fax machines Low adoption and the lack of a cost-sharing model ultimately ended the program

12.02.2026 14:09 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 2

Federal ‘axe the fax’ e-prescribing service built with Telus Health to shutter after $250-million spent Launched in 2017, PrescribeIT is live in eight provinces and territories, but usage has remained low despite thousands of pharmacies signing on

10.02.2026 23:23 — 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 0

Federal ‘axe the fax’ e-prescribing service built with Telus Health to shutter after $250-million spent Launched in 2017, PrescribeIT is live in eight provinces and territories, but usage has remained low despite thousands of pharmacies signing on

PrescribeIT, a federal ‘axe the fax’ e-prescribing service built with Telus Health, to shutter after $250-million spent, by @hannay.bsky.social @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco... via @theglobeandmail.com

10.02.2026 23:28 — 👍 17 🔁 7 💬 7 📌 2

Drug makers say they are not working with Florida on plan to import Canadian drugs Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had proposed importing medication from Canada to address high prices

04.02.2026 21:41 — 👍 10 🔁 11 💬 3 📌 1

Ontario’s optometrists urge province to expand services they can provide Ontario Medical Association opposes proposal though optometrists can perform the procedures elsewhere in Canada

04.02.2026 00:36 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Sales of GLP-1 drugs have exploded in Canada. We may just be getting started.

Sales of Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro totaled nearly $4b in 2025. Generics come out this year.

I explore it all in a new feature that launches a series we're calling Skinny Inc: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...

30.01.2026 14:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

How Canada will be a launching pad for the global race for generic Ozempic Six pharmaceutical companies have applied to make a generic version of semaglutide, and competition will continue to heat up in the rapidly growing weight-loss market

30.01.2026 09:34 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2

Doctors look to AI to cut burdensome administrative work In a CMA survey, more than nine in 10 doctors said extra paperwork was harming their professional fulfilment and contributing to burnout

26.01.2026 10:04 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Ontario pharmacy regulator sides with teachers insurance plan over prescription exclusivity complaint Ruling goes against the regulator’s own zero-tolerance policy on such deals, advocates say

21.01.2026 22:56 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Some good reminders here, including: stop doomscrolling!

22.01.2026 15:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Health Canada considering using decisions of foreign regulators for some drug approvals Neither Health Minister’s office nor federal regulator ruled out including U.S. FDA on forthcoming list

Health Canada considering using decisions of foreign regulators for some drug approvals. Including U.S. FDA on forthcoming list has not been ruled out, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social @hannay.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

19.01.2026 13:28 — 👍 32 🔁 18 💬 9 📌 10

Health Canada considering using decisions of foreign regulators for some drug approvals Neither Health Minister’s office nor federal regulator ruled out including U.S. FDA on forthcoming list

18.01.2026 22:02 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 3

Novo Nordisk prepares new cheaper version of Ozempic as generics face delays Health Canada has yet to approve generics despite applications made as far back as 2024

On the first day generic Ozempic/Wegovy became legal, none of the many generic drug submissions were approved.

Novo Nordisk is ready, though, and has just received Health Canada approval for a product it says will challenge its generic competitors.

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06.01.2026 01:08 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Novo Nordisk prepares new cheaper version of Ozempic as generics face delays Health Canada has yet to approve generics despite applications made as far back as 2024

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How an Ontario chronic pain clinic is taking a new approach for long-lasting relief Excessive pain treatments harm patients and cost the province millions of dollars per year. Physician Zameer Pirani believes he has a better way

01.01.2026 11:05 — 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

Eli Lilly & Co. cuts price of popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs in Canada The move comes ahead of new regulations and the expected arrival of cheaper generic Ozempic

Eli Lilly is making significant cuts to the cost of Mounjaro and Zepbound in Canada.
Lilly hasn't made inroads in Canada the way it has in the U.S., but between this and generic Ozempic, 2026 could be a big year for GLP-1s
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18.12.2025 12:03 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Eli Lilly & Co. cuts price of popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs in Canada The move comes ahead of new regulations and the expected arrival of cheaper generic Ozempic

18.12.2025 04:13 — 👍 30 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 1

Competition Bureau obtains court order for Well Health investigation Investigation began after a series of acquisitions involving Well Health and Healwell AI

10.12.2025 22:06 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Hims & Hers acquires Livewell in Canada in anticipation of generic Ozempic One of largest U.S. telehealth providers expects to ride wave of exploding demand for weight-loss drug semaglutide when it becomes available

04.12.2025 12:06 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

New pet pharmacies could help owners manage rising costs as access opens up Market for pet medication widens after national distributor, drug makers allow pharmacies to order

03.12.2025 10:04 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

Canada’s public drug plans, Novo Nordisk end talks to cover Wegovy Drug prescribed for weight loss contains same active ingredient as Ozempic, which is prescribed for patients with type 2 diabetes

01.12.2025 23:25 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Alberta’s move to open private billing unlikely to increase capacity, physicians say Experts concerned that few physicians will be enticed by Alberta’s ‘dual practice’ surgery model

30.11.2025 18:26 — 👍 14 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1

Medical software provider Well Health under investigation by Competition Bureau Bureau says company’s vertical integration of businesses could make it hard for other companies to compete

24.11.2025 22:19 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

An illustration in Robert Munsch’s beloved Love You Forever didn’t seem right. I set out to discover why I memorized every word of Love You Forever as a kid, but when I read it to my own children, one page left me unsettled

When @hannay.bsky.social first mentioned that there was a different illustration in the Love Your Forever that he had read as a child and the one he read to his children, I was intrigued. Here's what he found out. #robertmunsch #reading #booksky
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21.11.2025 15:40 — 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 2

Haunted by an illustration in Munsch’s beloved Love You Forever that just didn’t seem right, I set out to find out why I memorized every word of Love You Forever as a kid, but when I read it to my own children, one page left me unsettled

21.11.2025 12:06 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

The bureaucracy slowing down access to life-saving pharmacare Canadians can often wait years to get access to drugs that regulators have already deemed to be safe

21.11.2025 10:04 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Health Canada approval backlog expected to push back arrival of generic Ozempic Drugmakers say approvals for generics likely won’t be ready when Ozempic’s market exclusivity ends in January

20.11.2025 23:56 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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