Canada

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) has announced that it plans to buy Pioneer Canada for US$540mn. Pioneer Canada is a unit of US-based Pioneer Natural Resources, and the... 2007-08-23

Canadian patients are losing out due to the cumbersome nature of the country's drug registration process, claims a new report from local think-tank the

In line with new legislation designed to increase access to drugs, the Canadian province of Ontario has introduced a new formulary of reimbursable pharmaceutical preparations. The... 2007-01-08

Growth in the pharmaceuticals market in Canada should continue to be steady in the short term, at about 8% per annum in local currency terms, with moderation of expansion expected... 2006-11-22

In a highly controversial move, the Canadian government has unveiled new regulations that prolong patent protection for branded pharmaceuticals. BMI sees this news as an extremely... 2006-10-20

In a development benefiting US consumers seeking cheaper medicines, US custom officials will still seize prescription drugs imported from Canada through the mail but will hand over... 2006-10-05

Loss-making Canadian firm AnorMED has accepted a US$515mn takeover offer from US drugmaker Millennium Pharmaceuticals, which trumps an earlier hostile US$380mn bid from compatriot... 2006-10-02

Boosting the value of the country's prescription drug sector, US firm Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has launched its biologic rheumatoid arthritis (RA) product Orencia (abatacept) in... 2006-09-20

The Ontario government also plans to designate generics as interchangeable with brand name drugs that are not listed on the provincial formulary. Off-formulary interchangeability... 2006-09-04

Leaving the door open for other suitors, Canadian firm AnorMED has rebuffed a hostile takeover bid from US company Genzyme for being low and opportunistic. Following the US$380mn... 2006-09-01