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  1. Jun 18, 2015 · Search the Drug Product Database (DPD) to find drugs authorized for sale by Health Canada. The DPD is updated nightly and includes: availability of the drug in Canada. product monograph (PM) for human drugs. labels for animal drugs.

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    • Number of Missing Drugs Understated
    • Lost Without Explanation

    Some of the missing drugs inevitably end up on the black market, where they are in high demand by those addicted to opioids who can't get them by prescription. This is almost certainly the case for the more than 500,000 pills or patches stolen each year, authorities say. A crushable form of oxycodone can fetch between $40 and $80 on the street, acc...

    Every time controlled drugs go missing from a pharmacy, hospital, transport company or other facility, details about the loss must be reportedto Health Canada within 10 days. CBC News obtained all loss reports across Canada between Jan. 1, 2012 and Sept. 30, 2017 through an access-to-information request. Over that time period, there were 142,420 in...

    Even so, a rapidly rising number of controlled drugs are reported missing each year for unknown reasons. "It could be that the bottle that they ordered from the manufacturer was short a pill or two, and then, when you're doing such high volumes of narcotics, it may add up," said Mina Tadrous, a researcher with the Ontario Drug Policy Research Netwo...

  2. Jun 27, 2024 · CBC News filed an access to information request with Health Canada for controlled drug loss and theft reports for 2018-2023. The drugs lost were measured in 18 different units.

  3. Oct 5, 2021 · The drug notifications presented on this page cover the period from October 5, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The most recent drug notification within this timeframe was triggered on June 25, 2024 . To improve awareness of new and emerging drugs in Canada, notifications are sent to law enforcement and public health officials whenever:

  4. Jun 27, 2018 · Every time controlled drugs go missing from a pharmacy, hospital, transport company or another facility, details about the loss must be reported to Health Canada within 10 days.

  5. Jul 2, 2024 · Prescription drugs are going missing in Alberta — and most of the time, no one knows why.Data from Health Canada based on reporting from pharmacies, drug wholesalers, hospitals and others over a six-year period from 2018 to 2023 shows that 88 per cent of all reports were classified as "loss unexplained."The Alberta data is part of a national data set obtained by CBC News through an access-to ...

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  7. Through regulatory requirements, the Minister of Health created a List of drugs for exceptional importation and sale to mitigate a shortage. More information on these regulations can be found on the Regulations and guidance page. Contact us. Health Canada's Drug Shortages Unit: Drug.shortages-Penurie.de.medicament@hc-sc.gc.ca

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