On July 12, 2018, Health Canada had published “Guidance on Notifying Health Canada of Foreign Actions – Guidance Document for Industry”. On November 20, 2018, Health Canada updated its Guidance, including with a link to an on-line reporting form: Notifying Health Canada of Foreign Actions - Guidance Document for Industry, updated November 20, 2018. This update comes after the foreign risk reporting requirement provisions of the Food and Drug Regulations (as previously reported) came into force in October 2018. We have updated our previously published chart to include this Guidance.
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