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Review
. 2008 Feb 12;178(4):432-5.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.070713.

Optimizing the use of prescription drugs in Canada through the Common Drug Review

Mike Tierney  1 , Braden Manns; Members of the Canadian Expert Drug Advisory Committee
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Optimizing the use of prescription drugs in Canada through the Common Drug Review

Mike Tierney et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1: Summary of the review processes of Health Canada, the Patented Medicines Prices Review Board and the Common Drug Review of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health when reviewing new drugs in Canada.
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