Canada lags behind Europe in approving and publicly reimbursing drugs for rare diseases:
- Of 63 drugs approved by EMA from 2015-2020, only 24 completed negotiations for public coverage in Canada.
- Less than half of 41 drugs approved by Health Canada received public reimbursement.
- The time from regulatory approval to reimbursement is typically 1-2 years in most Canadian provinces.
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Day 1: Status of Canadian access for RD drugs Panel
1. What is the status of Canadian
access to drugs for rare disease?
CORD Conference
June 8, 2022
Alexandra Chambers
Manager, National Oncology Policy
Health Policy & Patient Access
2. To understand how access to rare diseases in Canada
compared to Europe, we conducted an analysis of
public reimbursement of drugs for rare disease
approved by EMA
Volume Rate of access Timelines
Drugs with Orphan designation from EMA from January 2015 to March 2020
Ward, L.M. et al. Orphanet J Rare Dis 17, 113 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-022-02260-6
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3. Of the 63 drugs that received EMA approval, 24 drugs
completed a negotiation in Canada
63 drugs with EMA approval and orphan designation
(between Jan 2015 and Mar 2020)
41 drugs with Health Canada approval
30 drugs with positive CADTH
recommendation
(20 INESSS)
24 drugs with
completed pCPA
negotiation
Ward, L.M. et al. Orphanet J Rare Dis 17, 113 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-022-02260-6
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4. Fewer than half of the drugs with Health Canada approval
are publicly reimbursed in any Canadian province
Ward, L.M. et al. Orphanet J Rare Dis 17, 113 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-022-02260-6
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5. In most
provinces, the
time from
regulatory
approval to
reimbursement
is between 1-2
years
Ward, L.M. et al. Orphanet J Rare Dis 17, 113 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-022-02260-6
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Time to
reimbursement
<1 year
Time to
reimbursement
1-2 years
Time to
reimbursement
>2 years
6. Updated Analysis: Jan 2015 to Dec 2020*
* Updated the analysis from March 2020 to Dec 2020 from the original publication: Ward, L.M. et al.
Orphanet J Rare Dis 17, 113 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-022-02260-6
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85 drugs with EMA approval and orphan designation
52 drugs with Health Canada approval
30 drugs followed the priority review (or accelerated NOC/c)
pathway
22 drugs followed the standard review pathway
36 positive CADTH Recommendations 8 negative CADTH Recommendations
28 Pre-NOC submissions to CADTH 16 Post-NOC submissions to CADTH
48 drugs submitted to CADTH for review
44 drugs with CADTH Recommendations
(4 reviews ongoing as of May 27, 2022)
7. Updated Analysis: Jan 2015 to Dec 2020*
* Updated the analysis from March 2020 to Dec 2020 from the original publication: Ward, L.M. et al.
Orphanet J Rare Dis 17, 113 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-022-02260-6
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Overall
(range)
Pre-NOC
(range)
Post-NOC
(range)
Mean days from Health
Canada Approval to CADTH
Recommendation
228
(34-610)
137
(34-315)
383
(231-610)
Mean days from Health
Canada Approval to pCPA
negotiation
528
(91-1041)
399
(91-1041)
747
(510-1010)
We need a strategy for timely and equitable access to therapy for rare disease
for Canadians that includes benchmarks for success.
8. Which Drugs in the List of Essential Drugs
for Rare Disorders are Funded in Canada?
Nigel S B Rawson, PhD
Saskatoon, SK
9. Methods
§ Rare Disease Treatment Access Working Group of the International Rare
Diseases Research Consortium’s list of essential medicines for rare
conditions based on US, EU and Chinese regulatory agency approvals.
§ List includes 202 medicines for 140 disorders.
§ Drugs for rare cancers deliberately excluded by Working Group.
§ Medicines unlikely to be covered by government drug plans excluded.
§ Medicines with multiple indications included only once.
§ 117 medicines remained – compare with 138 in US.
§ Listing in formulary or special access list at end of August 2021. Case-
by-case coverage excluded. No account taken of access conditions.
§ Medicines categorized based on prevalence of disorder being treated:
≤1 case per 100,000; >1 case per 100,000 to 1 case per 10,000; >1 case
per 10,000.
10. Medicines Approved in Canada
Disorder Medicine
Metabolic
Fatty acid oxidation disorders Triheptanoin
Gaucher disease Eliglustat; imiglucerase; miglustat;
taliglucerase; velaglucerase alfa
Genetic carnitine deficiency Levocarnitine
Homocystinuria Betaine
Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia Evolocumab; lomitapide; rosuvastatin
Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency; Wolman disease;
cholesterylester storage disease
Sebelipase alfa
Mucopolysaccharidosis I Laronidase
Mucopolysaccharidosis II (Hunter syndrome) Idursulfase
Mucopolysaccharidosis IV (Morquio A syndrome) Elosulfase alfa
Mucopolysaccharidosis VI (Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome) Galsulfase
N-acetylglutamate synthetase deficiency Carglumic acid
Nephropathic cystinosis Cysteamine (enteric/non-enteric coated
and eyedrops)
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 Cerliponase alfa
Pediatric onset hypophosphatasia Asfotase alfa
Tyrosinemia type I Nitisinone
Cobalamin defects Hydroxocobalamin
Cholesterol and bile acid synthesis defects Cholic acid
Fabry disease (alphagalactosidase A deficiency) Agalsidase beta; migalastat
14. Listing status of 117 unique medicines by government plan
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PEI NL NIHB
%
Open Access Conditional Access Open or Conditional Access
15. Listing (excluding drugs with common indications) by
government plan (n=100)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PEI NL NIHB
%
Open Access Conditional Access Open or Conditional Access
16. Average listing rate by disorder prevalence*
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Open or Conditional access
Conditional access
Open access
≤1 per 100,000 >1 per 100,000 to 1 per 10,000 >1 per 10,000
* Excludes drugs with common indications
17. Conclusions
§ 85% of the medicines approved in the US approved in Canada.
§ Considerable differences in listing rate between government drug
plans.
§ Listing rate of ultra-rare disorder drugs much lower than listing rate
of other rare disorder drugs. Particularly low in BC, Manitoba, PEI
and Newfoundland.
§ Ultra-rare disorder drugs tend to be more expensive.
§ https://www.canadianhealthpolicy.com/product/availability-and-
accessibility-of-essential-drugs-for-rare-disorders-in-canada-2/.