Unpublished Newswire

Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk is preparing to introduce a new version of its blockbuster drug Ozempic to compete with cheaper generics that became legal on Monday, but which are not expected to hit shelves immediately because of delays at Health Canada.Ozempic is one of the most-prescribed drugs in Canada, with more than a million people taking it, according to Novo Nordisk. It was the highest-selling drug by revenue in the country last year.

An Alberta man, whose legal case against the government’s closure of the Red Deer supervised drug-use site was dismissed, is asking the province’s highest court to fast-track his appeal after he suffered a near-fatal overdose. Aaron Brown, 41, recently recovered from an overdose, which led to seizures, after spending weeks at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. His lawyer Avnish Nanda said Mr. Brown was discharged last month but his life is still at risk without access to a drug-use site, where people can consume substances under medical supervision. In a letter sent to the Alberta...