pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA): Negotiation Status Update
The latest update as of April 30, 2017 has been issued by the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance Office (pCPAO). The key highlights are as follows:
- Nine new products have initiated pCPA negotiations since the last update, for a total of 38 active negotiations:
- Cosentyx (secukinumab) – psoriatic arthritis
- Cosentyx (secukinumab) – ankylosing spondylitis
- Erelzi (etanercept) – ankylosing spondylitis, polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis
- Lenvima (lenvatinib) – thyroid cancer
- Mozobil (plerixafor) – non-Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma
- Pheburane (sodium phenylbutyrate) – urea cycle disorders
- Ravicti (glycerol phenylbutyrate) – urea cycle disorders
- Uptravi (selexipag) – pulmonary arterial hypertension
- XigDuo (dapagliflozin/metformin hydrochloride) –Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Of note: Two biosimilar versions of etanercept are under active negotiation, Erelzi just beginning and Brenzys since November 2016.
- One negotiation have been completed since the last update, for a total of 149 joint negotiations.
- Jadenu (deferasirox) – chronic iron overload
- No new drug products were added to the “No pCPA Negotiations” list
Please visit the pCPA website for more information.
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