{"id":611363,"date":"2026-04-18T01:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/611363\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T01:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:04:20","slug":"health-canada-approves-epinephrine-nasal-spray-for-anaphylaxis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/611363\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Canada approves epinephrine nasal spray for anaphylaxis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health Canada has approved the first needle-free epinephrine treatment for severe allergic reactions: a nasal spray called neffy.<\/p>\n<p>ALK Canada, which purchased the rights to distribute the drug, says the two-milligram treatment has been approved for adults and pediatric patients who weigh at least 30 kilograms \u2014 roughly 66 lbs.<\/p>\n<p>It says the spray could be on the market as soon as this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As it stands, epinephrine auto-injectors \u2014 known by the brand name EpiPen \u2014 are the only emergency treatment option available for allergic reactions.<\/p>\n<p>EpiPens are single-use, pre-filled devices used to shoot a dose of epinephrine into the muscle.<\/p>\n<p>Neffy was approved for use in the United States in summer 2024, where it is also available in a one-milligram dose for kids who weigh 15 to 30 kg. That dose has not been approved in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Food Allergy Canada is applauding the approval of the two-milligram treatment as \u201can important step forward\u201d that gives Canadians more choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Health Canada has approved the first needle-free epinephrine treatment for severe allergic reactions: a nasal spray called neffy.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[49,48,84,377],"class_list":{"0":"post-611363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-medication"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}