Health Canada Addresses Growing Diversity Of Co-Packaged Drugs

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.

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Canada aims to modernize its co-packaged drug regulations to match industry trends (Shutterstock)

Health Canada has issued for stakeholder consultation a draft guidance on co-packaged drug products to reflect the range of products that are entering the Canadian market each year.

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