International Activities
Health Canada has a long history of cooperation with international counterparts and organizations. Our engagements have taken many forms ranging from informal information exchanges to multilateral harmonization initiatives.
We are involved internationally as a means of actively:
- Leveraging resources and knowledge,
- Ensuring application of sound regulatory practices and standards which are consistent, whenever possible, with international norms,
- Strengthening and facilitating existing mutual cooperation with international jurisdictions in scientific and regulatory areas,
- Addressing the challenges of globalization, new technologies and timely approval of new medicines, and,
- Reducing risks associated with therapeutic products marketed in Canada.
Strong relations and dialogue with international counterparts are also important in achieving program objectives in an increasingly complex regulatory world.
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