Posted by Cam W. on March 1, 2001, at 14:32:00
In reply to Re: Ziprasidone (Geodon) - available - in Canada?, posted by dj on March 1, 2001, at 13:32:06
deej - Pfizer's trying but I think they want to use Europe and the U.S. as guinea pigs before inflicting it on us. Actually, I think that they are in the final stages here in Canada, but that may still mean another year or two. Hopefully it will be more like six months. I know that the clinical trials have been done in Canada. I think that the feds are so backlogged with drug approvals, that if the drug is not substantially better than existing therapies, it is put on the back burner. I believe this to be the case with mirtazapine (Remeron) which should have been released 3 years ago.
With Health Canada it is hard to tell what they are thinking. They are still in defensive mode due to that thalidomide episode. Now, they are overly cautious on what they release.
To answer your question if I know anything about this: "Nope". - Cam
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