Through you, Mr. Chair, to the honourable member, to start, I commend your work on patient safety.
As I pointed out earlier in our remarks, all clinical trials that are conducted in Canada by industry must be registered with Health Canada, and we need to report the adverse events and the outcomes of those clinical trials. The best available evidence is not only decided with respect to the conduct of the clinical trial, but is also moved through the rigorous Health Canada scientific and regulatory drug approval process to get a notice of compliance. They pronounce on the safety and the clinical efficacy of a product.
Further data and further requirement is usually found in Canada through our health technology assessment regimes, including pCODR, for cancer drugs; the common drug review, through CADTH; and even INESSS, in Quebec. There is not a one-point review of clinical safety information; it is an ongoing process through the drug reimbursement process.
That is the best answer that I can give you.