March 17, 2021
NNHPD’s newly appointed Director General, Natalie Page, opened the meeting with her team and officials from the Inspectorate (ROEB) providing the updates on the following key items:
• COVID backlog and the measures in place to clear the back-log and resume normal performance standards now that the influx of pandemic-related registrations such as hand-sanitizers has subsided
• Forward Regulatory Plan and assurances of Health Canada’s post Covid-19 commitment to the Self-Care Framework as a priority
• NHP Inspections and work towards establishing an NHP GMP Inspection Program Pilot that moves away from from the prescriptive drug inspection model, in keeping with the principles of Self-Care
• Cannabis Science Advisory Committee which will provide independent scientific and clinical advice to support the Department’s consideration of appropriate safety, efficacy, and quality standards for health products containing cannabis