Health Canada (HC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), with the collaboration and participation of the Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards (CAREB-ACCER), issued a Joint Statement on Clinical Trials Oversight in Canada recognizing the urgent need to conduct clinical trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a drug, a vaccine or a medical device in treating, preventing, mitigating or diagnosing COVID-19.
For more details the Joint Statement, please review the following: