13 March 2017 - A proposed Health Canada policy would make public currently confidential information about drugs’ safety and efficacy.

Health Canada plans to release reams of confidential documents that detail the clinical trials of prescription drugs and medical devices.

Much of this information, which the government relies on to assess the efficacy and safety of everything from popular heart pills to cancer medications, has never been seen by patients, the doctors who prescribe the treatments, independent researchers, or the trial participants who volunteered their bodies for science.

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