The Canadian PressOTTAWA — In the last four years, Health Canada has approved more than 1,500 new or updated pharmaceuticals. The average time for COVID-19 vaccines? It has been under review by Health Canada for 58 days at this point. While the drug makers were busy getting the trials going, Health Canada was getting ready for their submissions. By March, Health Canada had started putting teams in place to review new therapies and vaccines for COVID-19 as soon as they were ready.
