Celebrating 150 Years with Better Care for Canadians

In 2017, Canada celebrates its sesquicentennial – 150 years of Confederation! Changes in Canada’s health care product development and regulatory systems, such as the Protecting Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (“Vanessa’s Law”) and the rising tide of increased transparency within and between industry and regulators, aim to ensure another 150 years of health and prosperity for its citizens. “Health Canada has a number of transparency initiatives underway in terms of helping Canadians to better understand why or why not decisions are made in terms of pharmaceuticals and medical devices,” explains Marilena Bassi, Director of the Therapeutic Products Directorate at Health Canada in this exclusive Global Forum podcast. “All the changes being proposed by Health Canada are really to make decision-making by the consumer much more easy, for them to choose the right product for whatever condition they are seeking help with,” concurs Deirdre Cozier, Director of Labelling, Advertising and Operations at Pendopharm, a Division of Pharmascience in Canada. Marilena and Deirdre will co-chair DIA’s 2017 Canadian Annual Meeting.