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LIST DRUGS URGENT PUBLIC HEALTH NEED [1 record]

Record 1 2025-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Medication
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
OBS

The List of Drugs for an Urgent Public Health Need (the List) contains the following drug-related details: the brand name, the medicinal ingredient(s), the route of administration, the strength, the dosage form and the identifying code or number, if any, assigned to the country in which the drug was authorized for sale. The List also contains other information obtained through the public health official notification, including: the foreign regulatory authority which authorized the drug, the foreign country from which the drug can be imported, the Canadian jurisdiction notifying for the drug (i.e., the Canadian jurisdiction in which the drug is allowed to be sold), the urgent public health need for the drug, the intended use or purpose of the drug (i.e., the purpose for which the drug must be used in the Canadian jurisdiction) and the date of notification by a public health official.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Médicaments
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
OBS

La Liste des médicaments utilisés pour des besoins urgents en matière de santé publique (la Liste) contient les renseignements suivants sur les médicaments : la marque nominative, les ingrédients médicinaux, la voie d'administration, la concentration, la forme posologique et le code ou numéro d'identification assigné à l'étranger par le pays dans lequel la vente du médicament est autorisée, le cas échéant. La Liste contient aussi d'autres renseignements provenant de l'avis soumis par l'agent de santé publique, dont : l'organisme de réglementation étranger ayant autorisé le médicament, le pays d'origine, la province ou le territoire du Canada ayant présenté un avis (c.-à-d. la province ou le territoire dans lequel le médicament peut être vendu), le besoin urgent en santé publique, l'usage ou les fins prévus (c.-à-d. la raison pour laquelle le médicament doit être utilisé dans la province ou le territoire du Canada) et la date de l'avis de l'agent de santé publique.

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