On March 8 2018 the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health announced that from April 2 2018, the Common Drug Review programme would accept drug submissions up to six months before a drug manufacturer's anticipated receipt of a notice of compliance (NOC) or NOC with conditions from Health Canada. This is earlier than the previous three-month deadline.(1)

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Endnotes

(1) Additional details regarding this operational change can be found in CDR Update – Issue 134.

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