Health Canada’s drug safety warnings not consistent with other countries’: report
Health Canada needs to be more consistent with three other countries when it comes to issuing warnings about the safety risks of certain medications,
especially if the jurisdictions with similar demographics have already
advised patients taking the same drugs, a University of British Columbia
professor says.
especially if the jurisdictions with similar demographics have already
advised patients taking the same drugs, a University of British Columbia
professor says.
Barbara Mintzes, the lead investigator of a new study published
Monday, said that between 2007 and 2016, Health Canada issued safety
warnings for only 50 per cent of drug-safety issues identified in the
United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.