Draft for consultation: Guide to reporting drug shortages and discontinuations (GUI-0120): Resources, contact us
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Resources
Legislation and regulations
- Cannabis Act
- Criminal Code
- Food and Drugs Act
- Food and Drug Regulations
- Narcotic Control Regulations
- Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
- Part C, Division 10 of the FDR: Access to drugs in exceptional circumstances
- Part C, Division 1 of the FDR: Shortages of drugs and interruption and discontinuation of sale of drugs
Policies and guides
- Health Canada incorporation by reference policy
- Protocol for the notification and communication of drug shortages
- Compliance and enforcement policy for health products (POL-0001)
- Guide to distributing drugs intended for the Canadian market for consumption or use outside Canada (GUI-0145) (current)
- Guide on the requirements for providing information related to drug shortages (GUI-0146) (current)
- Guide to the exceptional importation and sale of drugs in response to drug shortages (GUI-0148) (current)
- Guidance document: Preparation of drug regulatory activities in the "non-eCTD electronic-only" format
- Draft for consultation: Guide to shortage prevention and mitigation plans
- Draft for consultation: Guide to reporting drug demand surges
- Draft for consultation: Guide to safety stocks
Web pages and associated documents
- Prescription Drug List
- Drug Shortages Canada
- Drug shortages in Canada
- List of Tier 3 Drug Shortages
- Sex- and gender-based analysis plus
- Take the gender-based analysis plus course
- List of Drugs for an Urgent Public Health Need
- List of Drugs for Exceptional Importation and Sale
- Health portfolio sex and gender-based analysis policy
- How to create an account with Drug Shortages Canada
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology
- Filing submissions electronically for regulatory activities in eCTD format
- List of Drugs for the Purposes of the Definition "Drug" in Section C.01.014.8
- Building resilience: Health Canada's plan to address health product shortages, 2024-2028
- Consultation on proposed amendments to regulations to address health product shortages in Canada
Contact us
Contact the Health Product Shortages Directorate by email at hpsdpdcorr-corrdgppsdp@hc-sc.gc.ca