Benchmark survey of Natural Health Products Directorate stakeholders 2004/2005

NHPD Information and Services for Industry Over half of the Industry Stakeholders aware of the NHPD and the NHP Regulations have submitted at least one NHP related application to the Directorate or received any correspondence on the subject. [...] The majority of the applications are at the beginning of the process. [...] Profile of Participants and their Awareness Levels In order to best match the lines of questioning to participants’ involvement in the Natural Health Products (NHP) industry, participating stakeholders were asked to identify their organization type and their level of awareness of the NHP regulations and Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) at the very beginning of the survey. [...] The collection of profile information from all NHP stakeholders was necessary to address the first objective of the study and develop a clear definition of the natural health products industry and related target groups. [...] This section of the report profiles each of the main stakeholder groups and presents their levels of awareness of the NHP regulations and the NHPD.