Screenshot of this press release from Bayer https://www.bayer.com/sites/default/files/en-biltricide-hc-company-led-risk-communication-letter-us-final-september-2025-with-appendix.pdf reading "Importation of US-labelled Biltricide (praziquantel) due to the discontinuation of Canadian-authorized Biltricide (praziquantel) September 2025 Dear: Healthcare professionals, including infectious disease and tropical medicine specialists, pharmacists and distribution partners Biltricide (praziquantal) has been discontinued globally. To help mitigate the discontinuation, Health Canada has permitted the exceptional, temporary importation and sale by Bayer Inc. of Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s USlabelled Biltricide (praziquantel). This imported product has an English-only label." with the sentence about global discontinuation highlighted in yellow
Had heard about shortages but unaware Bayer had discontinued #Biltricide globally👀.
Other #praziquantel manufacturers exist, but for a country like Canada, will another ever enter the market, and if not, will a once-approved #EssentialMedicine only be accessible via Special Access Program?
#NTDs
