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Nothing to Celebrate
One Year Anniversary of Canadian Approval for KALYDECO Goes by Without Public Access TORONTO – Canadians with cystic Fibrosis (CF) have been living with unequal access to treatment for a full year now as KALYDECO a life-saving treatment for this … Continue reading
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Access To KALYDECO™
The Cystic Fibrosis gene was discovered in Canada in 1989 at the Hospital for Sick Children. Now, some 20 years later, we have the first medicine to result from that discovery: KALYDECO™. Also known by its generic name, ivacaftor, it … Continue reading