Pharmaceuticals

A medication (also referred to as medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field and relies on the science of pharmacology for continual advancement and on pharmacy for appropriate management. Drugs are classified in multiple ways. One of the key divisions is by level of control, which distinguishes prescription drugs (those that a pharmacist dispenses only on the order of a physician, physician assistant, or qualified nurse) from over-the-counter drugs (those that consumers can order for themselves). Another …

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CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 6 August 2024 English

​​The annual report provides an overview of the organization, its corporate achievements in the past fiscal year, the priorities for the upcoming year and a summary of the audited financial …

expertise in data and analytics, as we expand our pharmaceuticals work. Better data — and evidence — supports System Analytics Deborah Cohen Director Pharmaceuticals and Health Workforce Information ServicesCIHI’s Advanced Analytics Tracy Johnson Director Pharmaceuticals Maureen Kelly Director Data Governance Arif


CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 28 June 2024 English

​This report outlines CIHI's strategic activities and outcomes from the fourth quarter of 2023-2024, and provides the financial highlights and statements.

provincial/territorial priorities (e.g., pharmaceuticals).12 President’s Quarterly Report as at March


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 18 June 2024 English

The word "pharmacopoeia" has come to have many meanings, although it is commonly understood to be a book describing approved compositions and standards for drugs. In 1813 the Royal College …

27 In her account of herbal and biomedical pharmaceuticals in Mauritius Linda K. Sussman reviewed the can be employed in the develop- ment of new pharmaceuticals. Much of this literature describes med- icinal items processed by physical means) but not ‘pharmaceuticals’ (medicinal items processed by chemical means)


Fraser Institute · 30 May 2024 English

Summary Private delivery of surgical procedures is a common feature of most high-performing universal health-care systems. However, the practice is highly controversial in Canada. The Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative (SSI), which …

including hospital performance, access to new pharmaceuticals, the sus- tainability of health-care spending


CADTH: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health · 29 May 2024 English

Health Technology Assessment

[product monograph]. Dorval (QC): Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc; 2020 Feb 6: https:// pdf .hres [product monograph]. Dorval (QC): Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.; 2019 Dec 19: https:// pdf .hres [product monograph]. Montreal (QC): Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc; 2024 Mar 13: https:// pdf .hres recommendation: ofatumumab (Kesimpta - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.). Ottawa (ON): CADTH; 2021 Feb Novartis Biogen Idec and Elan Schering Pharma Pharmaceuticals Publications Subgroup publication: Subgroup


Fraser Institute · 24 May 2024 English

Summary Overuse of low-value healthcare services, providing little or no benefit or even avoidable harm to patients, is a common problem in Canadian healthcare systems, and one that likely contributes …

some non-reimbursable medical products or pharmaceuticals. Co-payment of €6.50 (US$7.48) or €4.00 (US$4


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 15 May 2024 English

International investment treaties and their investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) system are facing growing scrutiny of how they threaten climate action, environmental protection, and social justice. But what would an alternative …

on investment in, for example, retail or pharmaceuticals, does this mean that the latter are somehow


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 14 May 2024 English

Sleep, and the lack of it, is a public obsession and an enormous everyday quandary. Troubled sleep tends to be seen as an individual problem and personal responsibility, to be …

matter of culture) leads to more dependence on pharmaceuticals, which in turn have a close relationship to


CADTH: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health · 10 May 2024 English

Stakeholder Input

assessment for stamina, mood, fatigue, self- Pharmaceuticals; itching in children with esteem, and job maintenance


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 10 May 2024 English

the final stages of the Uruguay Round of the The explicit mention of article 10bis of the Paris World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. [...] The of action for the holders …

the public interest, such as details about pharmaceuticals and vaccines, The question of whether trade protect and promote the public interest (Durkin pharmaceuticals or agricultural chemical products et al. 2021) Torts, tool for various industries — from pharmaceuticals which described trade secrets as “a process issue is the overly Various sectors, including pharmaceuticals, broad application of trade secret claims. introduced, the main lobbying industries were pharmaceuticals and chemicals (EDRi 2015), suggesting that


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