The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) has amended its Interim Guidance to address prices of “New Medicines”, implementing a review threshold based on “below the median” of the PMPRB11 countries (Median International Price, MIP). “New Medicines”
September 2023
Guidance on inventor discovery and “invention story” evidence in Canadian patent actions: Federal Court rules in favour of patentee



By Kristin Wall, Paul Jorgensen & Pardeep Heir on
In three recent decisions, released in July and August, the Federal Court addressed questions concerning inventors and the “invention story” during Canadian patent litigation. The Court found that: (i) a patentee has no duty to facilitate inventor discovery; (ii) patentee’s…
Federal Court finds that Health Canada breached procedural fairness by relying on an undisclosed internal guidance document



By Kristin Wall, Paul Jorgensen & John Greiss on
On August 8, 2023, the Federal Court overturned Health Canada’s decision that a cannabis product, Edison Jolts, was to be classified as edible cannabis and not cannabis extract. The Court found that Health Canada had breached the duty of procedural…