How Safe and Innovative Are First-in-Class Drugs Approved by Health Canada: A Cohort Study

Joel Lexchin
2016 Healthcare Policy | Politiques de Santé  
First-in-class drugs use a unique mechanism of action. This study assessed the therapeutic innovativeness and safety of these drugs approved by Health Canada from 1997-2012.
doi:10.12927/hcpol.2016.24851 fatcat:yqlxnintqna7tn3i2gznabzxpi