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Waiting for new medicines in Canada, Europe, and the United States: study finds Americans get better and faster access to innovative drugs
11 April 2024 - A recent study published by the Canadian Health Policy Institute examined the availability and wait times ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2024
New target zero initiative aims to help improve access to new drugs
9 April 2024 - Target Zero is a new initiative that aims to improve the time to access for patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2021
Let's have permanently quicker drug approvals
16 June 2021 - New drugs and vaccines likely to increase life expectancy, quality of life and save money, so we ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2021
Long waits for life saving drugs harming Canadians: report
13 May 2021 - Canadians wait 15 months longer on average for new and potentially life-saving medications compared to Americans ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2020
Rapid qualitative evidence syntheses in health technology assessment: experiences, challenges, and lessons
9 October 2020 - Health care decision makers are increasingly demanding that health technology assessment is patient focused, and considers data ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2019
Canadians will wait longer for new medicines if Health Canada gets its way
23 April 2019 - The intention is to lower prices; the net result will likely be longer wait times before new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2019
Additional embargo period following revised CDEC recommendations
17 April 2019 - Effective immediately, CADTH has revised its procedures for the CADTH Common Drug Review to permit an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2018
New drugs: patients are needlessly waiting 15 months too long
5 April 2018 - Regulatory obstacles entail an additional delay of 15 months on average between the moment when a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2017
Most Canadians get timely medical treatment: report
28 March 2017 - A report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information suggests that three of every four people in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2016
Introducing a common CADTH recommendation framework and establishing a minimum period of 120 calendar days for advance notification of anticipated submissions and resubmissions for CADTH Common Drug Review and pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review Programs
23 March 2016 - CADTH will be implementing changes to the CDR Procedures and pCODR Procedures that will require all manufacturers/submitters ...