Health Canada Special Access Program
Information and forms from health canada s special access programme sap which provides access to non marketed drugs for patients with serious or life threatening conditions when conventional therapies have failed are unsuitable or unavailable.
Health canada special access program. Promote or encourage the early use of drugs or medical devices. Odano is a provincial organization of healthcare workers founded to provide support education and resources to members in order to maximize the appropriate funding for all oncology patients. A medically important antimicrobial for veterinary use on list a and.
The sap authorizes a manufacturer to sell a drug that cannot otherwise be sold or distributed in canada. On january 30 2017 cshp met with the assistant deputy minister of the health products and food branch hpfb and the director general of the therapeutic products directorate tpd at health canada. Drugs through the health canada special access program have not been reviewed by health canada and are not sold in canada.
You must also report annually to health canada if the requested drug you are using is. Special access program for drugs. Emergency drug release program for veterinary.
Bypass the clinical trial drug or medical device review process. Not present in canada at the time of its sale this means you are the person importing the drug if this is the case provide information on. Health canada s special access program for drugs sap enables drugs that are not marketed in canada to be requested by practitioners for the treatment diagnosis or prevention of serious or life threatening conditions when conventional therapies have failed are unsuitable or unavailable.
Through the special access program sap for medical devices health care professionals can access custom made and unlicensed medical devices for patients under their care. To be eligible they must be entitled under the laws of their province to provide health services in that province. These programs are not to be used to.
The special access programme sap provides access to nonmarketed drugs for practitioners treating patients with serious or life threatening conditions when conventional therapies have failed are unsuitable or unavailable. The special access programme sap allows practitioners to request access to drugs that are unavailable for sale in canada. Through health canada s special access programs sap health care professionals may access non marketed drugs and medical devices not yet approved for sale in canada.