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Can Health Canada protect Canadians from unsafe drugs?

Authors :
Jane Coutts
Noni E. MacDonald
Paul C. Hébert
Ken Flegel
Stuart MacLeod
Matthew B. Stanbrook
Source :
Canadian Medical Association Journal. 183:1125-1126
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
CMA Joule Inc., 2011.

Abstract

Governments have promised to modernize Canada’s antiquated laws governing therapeutic drugs since 1995 — only to balk on the threshold of change, at best tinkering around its edges. As a consequence, Canadians are left inadequately protected by a federal Food and Drugs Act that’s a dusty relic

Details

ISSN :
14882329 and 08203946
Volume :
183
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....ef36b2fbf92347e920cfda17771cebf4
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110489