The governments of Canada and New Brunswick signed a bilateral agreement outlining how New Brunswick plans to invest close to $104 million in targeted federal funding to improve access to home and community care and mental health and addiction services. The agreement covers the first five years of the ten-year federal health funding commitment, which … Read more
Health Canada published draft regulations in Canada Gazette l that propose to make clinical information in drug and medical device submissions publicly available after the Department has completed its regulatory review process. The draft regulations are available for public comment for a 75-day period, beginning December 9. Call 613-957-0200. Health Canada held a Scientific Advisory Panel on Opioid Use and Contraindications to consider … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) issued the following statement: “I am concerned and saddened by the latest data on opioid-related overdose deaths from Ontario…. As Canadians may be aware, last month I announced that Health Canada would authorize emergency overdose prevention sites for those provinces and territories that request them. These facilities are meant as … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) announced the appointment of six leading researchers to the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Alice B. Aiken, Vice-President (Research) at Dalhousie University. Brenda J. Andrews, Professor of Molecular Genetics and the Charles H. Best Chair of Medical Research at the University of Toronto. Mark S. Dockstator, President of … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) and Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott (Markham-Stouffville, Ont.) issued the following statement: “December 1 marks World AIDS Day – an opportunity for people, communities, organizations and governments across the globe to come together to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS. December 1 is also the start of Aboriginal AIDS … Read more
Health Canada wishes to address some inaccuracies in the article A bloody mess: The story behind paid plasma in Canada, which was published in the November 22 edition of Maclean’s. Protecting the safety and security of Canada’s blood supply, including plasma products, is a priority of Health Canada. As the regulator of Canada’s blood system, Health … Read more
Health Canada’s recent safety review of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) found that the rate of cases reported to the Department is low. Health Canada undertook the safety review because of an increase in reporting of BIA-ALCL internationally. Health Canada continues to monitor the safety profile of breast implants through its post-market surveillance program, to … Read more
Health Canada has launched a public consultation on the proposed regulatory approach for the proposed Cannabis Act. The proposed regulatory approach prioritizes protecting the health and safety of Canadians while enabling a competitive legal industry made up of large and small enterprises in all regions of the country to produce quality-controlled cannabis. All Canadians and interested … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.), Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver-Granville, B.C.) and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) issued the following statement on National Addictions Week: “We are in a national public health crisis, and we are taking a whole of government approach to tackle the issue of substance … Read more
Health Canada announced the coming into force of two new rules that will better protect Canadians from the growing problem of Antimicrobial-resistant (AMR): Antimicrobial drugs that are important to human health and used in food-producing animals may no longer be imported into Canada under the Own Use Importation policy.; And, a new program that will allow access … Read more
