In this three part series, we brought in experts to explain the process to bring a drug to market, such as discovering a potential drug in a lab, running clinical trials in humans, getting a drug approved by Health Canada to getting the drug covered by public and private drug plans. These one-hour webinars were held in 2024 and are specifically designed for a non-technical audience, like people living with arthritis, so they can better understand how a drug gets to the market. You can access the whole video series on our YouTube channel. This series was co-hosted with Creaky Joints Canada and Global Healthy Living Foundation. 

Part 1 – Drug Discovery and Clinical Trials in Canada

Learn about the basics of drug discovery and clinical trials in this 1 hour webinar with Dawn Richards, PhD, Director of Patient and Public Engagement at Clinical Trials Ontario (CTO).

Part 2 – Understanding how drugs are approved in Canada

Learn about how Health Canada approves and regulates drugs in Canada in this 1 hour webinar with Heather Cherry from the the Regulatory Project Management Division (RPMD) of the Pharmaceutical Drugs Directorate of Health Canada.

Part 3 – Coming Soon!