Health Canada
Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB)
Biologic & Genetic Therapies Directorate (BGTD)
Expert Advisory Panel on Insulin
Thursday, October 30, 2008, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. EDT
200 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Room 0105
8:40 a.m.
1. Opening Remarks from the BGTD A/Director General, Dr. Elwyn Griffiths and Chair, Dr. John Dupré
Introductions - Sign In Sheet
8:50 a.m.
2. Declarations of Affiliations and Interests for this Meeting and
Ratification of Terms of Reference for Panel
(Dr. Dupré)
9:00 a.m.
3. Review of Today's Agenda
(Dr. Dupré)
9:05 a.m.
4. Health Canada Presentations
4.a Background and Overview
(Ms. Naira Minto-Saeed, BGTD)
4.b Adverse Reaction data available from the Canada Vigilance Database
(Dr. Carole Légaré, MHPD)
10:05 am
4.c Questions by Panel
10:20 a.m.
Coffee Break
10:35 a.m.
5. Perspective of Patients with Diabetes
(Ms. Carol Baker, Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust International)
11:05 a.m.
5.a Questions by Panel
11:25 a.m.
6. 2008 Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guidelines for Insulin Therapy
(Dr. Karen Philp, Canadian Diabetes Association via Teleconference)
11:55 a.m.
6.a Questions by Panel
12:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
7. Discussion of Questions by the Expert Panel (in camera)
(Dr. Dupré)
3:15 p.m.
8. Wrap Up and Conclusions
(Dr. Dupré)
3:30 p.m.
9. Next Steps
(Dr. Dupré)
3:45 p.m.
10. Adjournment