Canada Attacks Florida’s ‘Bad’ Bulk Importation Plan

Recognizing that the evidence it receives in applications for health technology assessments will increasingly be informed by artificial intelligence, the CDA-AMC has clarified its expectations for companies that use AI methods in the generation and/or reporting of evidence.

An initiative run by health technology appraisal (HTA) bodies in the US, Canada and England is looking at how non-traditional treatment benefits, such as the value of hope and scientific spillover, can inform appraisals and understanding of a product’s value.

The Canadian regulator says its current policy on identifying and labeling drug products in “kits” is insufficient to address the diverse types of co-packaged drug products that are entering the market.

Canada’s new guidance on rare disease registries is based on international guidelines, but in some areas there remains work to ensure that implementation of some recommendations is feasible in the Canadian context.