News for 2002
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Endovascular Grafts Not Appropriate for all Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients
December 19, 2002
OTTAWA - The use of endovascular grafts (EVG) for the elective repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is not appropriate for all patients, a technology report released today by the Canadian ...
Barb Shea Appointed Director of Common Drug Review Directorate
December 12, 2002
OTTAWA - Dr. Jill M. Sanders, President of the Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA), is pleased to announce the appointment of Barb Shea as Director, Common Drug ...
Verteporfin photodynamic therapy moderately slows progression of wet AMD
December 12, 2002
OTTAWA - Verteporfin photodynamic therapy treatment for two years for patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) modestly reduces the incidence of legal central blindness, a ...
CCOHTA to Establish a Roster of Pharmaceutical Researchers
November 26, 2002
OTTAWA - The Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA) has issued a request for expressions of interest from qualified individuals interested in conducting clinical ...
New Class of Drugs Effective in Treating Diabetes?
November 13, 2002
OTTAWA - Two drugs that are members of the newest class of oral anti-diabetic agents, the thiazolidinediones, have an innovative mechanism of action but their effect on blood sugar reduction in ...
Film Screen Mammography Should Remain the Standard for Detecting Breast Cancer, CCOHTA Report Concludes
November 11, 2002
OTTAWA - Conventional film screen mammography, the current standard for detecting breast cancer, is preferable to digital mammography at this time, a technology assessment released today by the ...
CCOHTA To Hold Information Session On Common Drug Review
October 23, 2002
OTTAWA - The Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA) will hold an information session for Canadian pharmaceutical companies to outline the new submission ...
Taxane Regimens: Better Response Rate, Similar Survival Rate
October 08, 2002
Chemotherapy regimens containing a taxane (paclitaxel and docetaxel) do a better job overall than non-taxane regimens in terms of reducing tumor size but they don't significantly improve the ...
No Evidence That Long-acting Beta-Agonists Outperform Current First Line Treatment for Non-reversible COPD
September 17, 2002
Using a long-acting beta-agonist rather than ipratropium bromide as the first line treatment for stable non-reversible chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) would increase costs without ...
Fondaparinux for Post-operative Venous Thrombosis Prophylaxis
August 19, 2002
The Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment has published an emerging technology bulletin on Fondaparinux (ArixtraTM), a synthetic anticoagulant that was recently approved ...
Uterine Artery Embolization for the Treatment of Fibroids
August 19, 2002
The Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment has published an emerging technology bulletin on Uterine Artery Embolization for the Treatment of Fibroids. UAE is a non-surgical ...
Technology Report: Pediatric Economic Dababase Evaluation (PEDE) Project
August 16, 2002
The Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment has published The Pediatric Economic Database Evaluation (PEDE) Project, the first attempt to catalogue, analyze and appraise ...
Medical High Tech Inventory Increased 45% Since 1997
April 11, 2002
OTTAWA - Almost half of the high tech equipment used in publicly funded sites across Canada was installed between 1997 and 2001, according to a report released today by the Canadian Coordinating ...