Apr 26, 2008
The current 60% failure rate for product license applications has mainly involved applications for single-ingredient products. This means that 60% of single ingredient NHPs have failed to pass Health Canada?s stringent safety and efficacy standards. The difficulty in...
Apr 26, 2008
What Natural Health Products Will be Left Once Health Canada is Finished Judging 60% of Single-Ingredient NHPs Illegal and 80-90% of Multi-Ingredient NHPs Illegal ? Because Health Canada has been so slow to process license applications, NHP manufacturers and retailers...
Apr 26, 2008
The Immediate Threat The immediate threat facing the Natural Health Product industry is the implementation of the drug-style Natural Health Product Regulations. The NHPPA is concerned that the industry is: being subjected to drug-style regulations that are too onerous...
Apr 26, 2008
The NHPPA is seeking to bring about a long-term solution to the current regulatory threat. The NHPPA is concerned that if the industry pursues a solution that is only short-term, that the industry could exhaust itself seeking a short-term solution and then find itself...
Apr 9, 2008
Prepared by Shawn Buckley, president of the NHPPA Purpose of the Paper Yesterday the Minister of Health introduced Bill C-51 into the House of Commons. The Bill passed first reading. The following is a link to a version of the Bill:...
