Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), Canada

HEN technical member since 2008

CADTH is an independent, non-profit-making agency funded by Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial governments to provide evidence-based information on the effectiveness of drugs and other health technologies to Canadian health care decision-makers. The information is produced through three programmes: Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Common Drug Review (CDR) and the Canadian Optimal Medication Prescribing and Utilization Service (COMPUS).

Information available

The web site provides HTA reports, along with the CDR database and CADTH publications, current initiatives and activities, programmes and projects. It also provides terms of reference for advisory committees, documents and press releases, as well as a list of other useful resources in the field.

Access to information

Free, no password required

Audience

National and international decision-makers, policy-makers, professionals and the general public

Languages of information

English, French

Contact

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
865 Carling Ave., Suite 600
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5S8
Canada
Tel.: +1 613-226-2553
Fax: +1 613-226-5392
E-mail: requests@cadth.ca