On Friday, Health Canada published a white paper on opening up clinical information on drug safety to the public. I think Health Canada is finally listening to Canadians," Herder said in an interview. So far, the process of getting drug safety information from Health Canada is "extremely frustrating," compared with the access the European medicines regulator provides, said Dr. Nav Persaud. He can share his interpretations of it, but not the raw data itself or Health Canada could sue. Herder is concerned about the long regulatory road still ahead to open up what he and his co-authors have called the "black box of medicines' safety in Canada."

Source: CBC News March 10, 2017 22:07 UTC