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Artificial Intelligence – Revolutionizing the Healthcare Industry
What is Artificial Intelligence? Artificial intelligence (AI) is a broad term for a category of algorithms and models that perform tasks and exhibit behaviors such as...
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Technology Continues to Transform Healthcare and the Regulatory World
Introduction: Digital health solutions are advancing rapidly in the field of diagnostics, emergency response, hospital management. As the goal of individuals shifts more...
Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs Regulatory Framework in Canada: Recent Initiatives by Government of Canada
What are Rare Diseases and How do They Affect Canadians? According to Health Canada, rare diseases are life-threatening, debilitating, or serious and chronic conditions that...
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Health Canada changes filing requirements for product monographs
Did you know, effective immediately, Health Canada is changing the submission requirements for second language product monographs for human drugs? This is for only post-life...
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Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Testing Treatments in the Real-World
What is a Pragmatic Clinical Trial? Clinical trials can be designed to be either pragmatic or explanatory. Explanatory trials are designed to find out whether a treatment...
The FDA Announces Proposed Rule: Nonprescription Drug Product with an Additional Condition for Nonprescription Use – June 28, 2022
The FDA is announcing the availability of the proposed rule Nonprescription Drug Product with an Additional Condition for Nonprescription Use (Docket No. FDA-2021-N-0862)....
3D Printing Our Way To Better Health Care
What is 3D Printing? 3-Dimensional (3D) printing is a process that creates a three-dimensional object by building successive layers of raw material. Each new layer is...
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Digital Therapeutics - Reshaping the future of medicine
Digital Therapeutics – Reshaping the future of medicine What is Digital Therapeutics? With healthcare becoming digital, patients today are more empowered than ever before....
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The Need for Regulatory Innovation in Canada: A Series (Issue 1)
The Need for Regulatory Innovation in Canada: A Series (Issue 1) Healthcare innovation has a strong position in Canada. From Insulin to Pacemaker to Polio Vaccine, medical...
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Real-World Data/Evidence – increasing use in Healthcare for Regulatory Decision Making
Real-World Data/Evidence – Increasing use in Healthcare for Regulatory Decision Making What is Real-World Evidence/Data? The availability of real world data (RWD) has been...
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Biosimilars and their Approval in Canada
BIOSIMILARS AND THEIR APPROVAL IN CANADA Biosimilars are regulated as innovative pharmaceuticals in Canada under Food and Drugs Act and Part C of the Food and Drugs...
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FDA’s New Annual Distribution Reporting Requirement under Section 510(j)(3) of the FD&C Act for Reporting the Amount of Commercially Distributed Listed Drugs and Biological Products
Due date (February 15, 2022) approaching for Reporting the Amount for calendar year 2020 In October 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Draft Guidance for...