Industry influence and Health Canada's responsibility: lessons from the opioid epidemic in Canada

Misleading claims that appeared in the OxyContin product monograph, which understated the risks associated with the drug, were used by Purdue in its promotional practices. The time it took for Health Canada to revise the monograph may have contributed to the over-prescription epidemic in Canada. The opioid epidemic is not only a United States problem. Canada is experiencing one of the worst public health crises in recent years, with more than 10...