List of foreign drugs in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic 

The interim order gives Health Canada flexibility with respect to foreign drugs that have been approved by a trusted foreign regulatory authority.

Health Canada can add a foreign-approved drug to the list of foreign drugs in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Companies can then submit an application for one of those drugs on the list, under section 4 of the interim order. The drug is not a copy or generic version of the foreign-approved drug, but is the same drug.

The following table contains the most current list of foreign drugs in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Supplementary information on each foreign drug is also published by Health Canada and is linked from each entry.

The entry for each foreign drug includes the:

Date issued: 2020-09-17

List of foreign drugs in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic
Item No. Foreign manufacturer Foreign brand name, proper name or common name Medicinal ingredient(s), strength, dosage form, route of administration Foreign regulatory authority, foreign jurisdiction, identifying code from foreign regulator (if applicable) Indication (use) approved by the foreign regulator
n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

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