CTAC’S MAIN GOALS

• Improved access to treatment, traditional medicines, and complementary and alternative medicine for all persons in need
• Simplified access to medically necessary therapies for HIV
• Equitable and timely access to treatment
• Increased access to clinical trials across Canada for drugs, biologics, medical devices, microbicides, and vaccines
• Increased access to expanded and compassionate access programs
• Effective and efficient ethics reviews of all clinical trials
• More Phase IV trials
• Effective consumer-centred Post Approval Surveillance System
• Streamlined, transparent, inclusive, accountable, and meaningful drug review processes
• Preservation and strengthening of Canada’s drug pricing regulations
• Continued ban on cross-border Internet pharmacies
• Continued ban on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
• Preservation of the intention and spirit of the Canada Health Act