Health Canada

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Health Canada and Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.: Comments ... (Canada.ca)

Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. requested a meeting with Health Canada to discuss their comments on the proposed Regulations Amending the Tobacco Products ...

They requested that source document images be uncropped, high resolution (minimum of 300 dots per inch) to achieve the appropriate quality. RBH outlined their concerns relating to Section - A (cigarettes) of the proposed source document to be incorporated by reference in the proposed regulations. Thus, RBH requested that portrait-oriented health warnings be included in the source document for display on cigarette packages and cartons. According to paragraph 90(2)(d), the health warnings must occupy a greater area of the packaging than what is currently available on these products' packages. [Openness and Transparency policies](https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/corporate/transparency.html). The [handling of information and privacy notice](https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-concerns/tobacco/meeting-summaries-tobacco-vaping-industry/privacy-notice.html) was mentioned and acknowledged.

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Medunik Canada obtains new Notice of Compliance from Health ... (Financial Post)

Medunik Canada obtains new Notice of Compliance from Health Canada for Ruzurgi® (amifampridine) following a favourable Canadian Federal Court of Appeal ruling.

Founded in December 2009, the company’s mission is to make orphan drugs available to Canadians by partnering with international companies interested in making their products available to Canadian patients. Following the initial court action, this approval was later suspended in June of 2021 and reinstated in the same month, to be suspended once more in March of 2022 and now reinstated again in January of 2023. “Our position has always been that we were not at fault in these unique proceedings and have always been confident that the facts would result in a positive outcome,” said Mr. Leclerc, Vice-President, Legal Affairs, for Medunik. The Federal Court of Appeal set aside the earlier decision of the trial division revoking the Notice of Compliance while the matter was sent back to Health Canada. (“Medunik”), a company dedicated to improving the health and quality of life of Canadians with rare diseases by bringing orphan drugs to Canada, is pleased to announce that on January 9, 2023, the Federal Court of Appeal of Canada set aside an earlier decision of its Trial Division which had removed a Notice of Compliance on Medunik’s Ruzurgi® (amifampridine) for Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (“LEMS”) patients and sent the matter back to Health Canada.

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'It is everywhere': How you can test for radon in your home (CTV News)

Radon -- a radioactive gas that is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers – can easily enter your home. Now, Health Canada is reminding homeowners ...

[Ottawa](https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/) [Air Canada baggage mixup leaves elite skiers from Chelsea, Que. [Calgary](https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/) [Eligible Albertans can apply for $600 affordability payments starting Jan. A team of young elite skiers from Chelsea, Que. He was pronounced dead in hospital the following day. About 100 nurses at the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in Montreal are threatening to quit. Quebec’s chief coroner has ordered a public inquiry into the death of a 21-year-old man last month after he was seriously injured at Montreal's Bordeaux jail. “They’ve got the rough-in, which is great, makes it easier, but they still absolutely have to test. From there, they place the kit somewhere in their home, such as a coffee table or a nightstand, and leave it for three months. However, a homeowner can also deal with the problem on their own. The Prairies are a bit higher. It’s just in the atmosphere. Schroth said that radon is not a concern when it is outside, as it gets diluted.

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Canada performing more organ transplants from MAID donors than ... (CTV News)

A growing number of patients who request medical assistance in dying are asking to donate their organs for transplant, says an international review that ...

[S&P/TSX composite posts small gain, U.S. The latest cash injection into Alberta's budding hydrogen sector is nearly $10 million from Ottawa. A Navy reservist who is charged with storming the Capitol on Jan. A team of young elite skiers from Chelsea, Que. 1 hr ago Five of these were in Canada. “Some of the functions of these organs were almost as good as living donor organs,” said Dr. The decision to become an organ donor can only be formalized by a separate transplant team. Like other countries, Canada requires the decision to be voluntary. And how to keep the whole project completely voluntary,” he said of some of the concerns, noting that patients should never be pressured to choose MAID to increase the availability of donor organs. Canadian ALS patient Sharron Demchuk donated her kidneys and lungs after her medically assisted death in September of 2021. The review was conducted in 2021 and the results were formally published in December 2022.

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