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Canada has detected its first case of coronavirus infection from the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant of Omicron in a person in British Columbia who had not traveled outside the Pacific province, health officials said on Tuesday.

In response to the surge of COVID-19 in the People’s Republic of China and given the limited epidemiological and viral genomic sequence data available on these cases, the Government of Canada intends to put in place certain temporary health measures for air travelers entering Canada from China.

Ipsen’s fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) odyssey continues as the FDA’s Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee postponed its meeting on the NDA for palovarotene capsules.

Canada on Friday authorized updated COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer Inc. and its partner BioNTech SE that target the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, according to the government’s website.

Canada has approved Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months and older, according to information posted on the government’s website.

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s experimental drug for the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) would be more cost effective than other U.S.-approved treatments if priced around $170,000, an independent U.S. pricing watchdog said on Tuesday.

Canada has approved Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease, the first such approval for the oral drug. The decision came with certain conditions, including the release of data from its global late-stage study of about 600 patients, which is expected in 2024, as well as additional studies.