Through you, Mr. Chair, I thank Ms. Davies for the question. I would point out that our code of ethical practices in chapter 16 shows how we work in concert with the Food and Drugs Act regulations that are already in place for the distribution of clinical evaluation packages, or as they're more commonly known, samples. I can also tell you that there is a diversity of opinion amongst our membership based on certain international practices of where companies are moving in one direction or another with respect to the appropriate promotion of the benefits of medicines.
If I could speak to that, we can only promote a medicine with respect to the approved Health Canada indication and product monograph. What has also happened in concert with a variety of clinicians is that there's much more security placed in doctors' offices or family clinics in terms of locking up, tracking samples, tracking the use. There has been a movement away, as well, from having stock of those clinical evaluation packages or samples to an actual invoicing or card system so that there is an audit trail of those.
They still have a very legitimate role, especially for people who only have access to limited public insurance plans, with clinicians making that choice to try a therapy, the appropriate diagnosis, the appropriate prescribing of a sample. So they have a role to play in clinical practice. We are working with clinicians, and we follow the Food and Drugs Act and our own code of ethical practices to ensure they are distributed and promoted in a law-abiding and ethical manner with physicians and other prescribers.