Health Canada announces another step to accelerate access to health products for COVID-19
To date, Health Canada has approved 37 clinical trials for potential COVID-19 therapies and vaccines.
- To date, Health Canada has approved 37 clinical trials for potential COVID-19 therapies and vaccines.
- The changes to the process for clinical trials have been made through an Interim Order signed by the Minister of Health.
- An Interim Order is one of the fastest mechanisms available to the Government of Canada to help make health products available to address larger-scale public health emergencies.
- Health Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, in collaboration with the Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards, issued a Joint Statement on Clinical Trial Oversight in Canada.