Independent Healthcare Evidence
Physicians, pharmacists and patients require an independent source of therapeutics information. For this reason, the Therapeutics Initiative was established in the University and made independent from the government and any other vested interest groups.
To fulfill its mandate the Therapeutics Initiative has established four working groups: the Drug Assessment Working Group, the Education Working Group, the Pharmacoepidemiology Working Group, and the Therapeutics Letter Working Group.
The Drug Assessment Working Group (DAWG) is committed to analyze scientific evidence on the effectiveness and safety of drug therapies used in Canada.
The Education Working Group educates both locally and internationally, talking to health professionals and consumers about the rational use of medication.
The research program at the PharmacoEpidemiology Group (PEG) provides a setting for a wide range of activities related to prescription drugs.
The Therapeutics Letters are published bi-monthly and aim to identify problematic therapeutic issues in a brief, simple and practical manner.
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