Claims & Support/References for Claims
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747 - Hi PAAB, I was reviewing my brands promotional pieces that will need to either be updated or be sent for rePAAB over the next few months. Since some of the pieces were approved, we have had a product monograph update. However, for certain pieces it does not change the Terms of Market Authorization and in some cases the copy in the piece wouldn't need to be changed. The only part of the piece which would need to be changed is the date of the Product Monograph (e.g. brochure) within the references. Since we have significant print inventory, is it permissible to have these submitted as a rePAAB to be valid for the next year until the next update or rePAAB without updating the date of the product monograph within the piece? Please advise. Many thanks.
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745 - We have an 8 page print leave-behind detail aid that includes full dosing information. We are thinking of redoing this tool with a half page sized tear off flap that has key reminder information on the dosing. Does this flap have to contain all of the dosing information, or can it just contain e.g., the steps and an example calculation. Thanks.
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743 - Hi PAAB, I was wondering if expert guidelines for treatment option algorithms (first line, second line) are allowed to be included in branded pieces directed at HCPs. The goal would not be to compare treatments but to see under which situations / for what patients a therapy would be preferred. (Patient profile?) Thanks for your help!
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713 - Can ongoing studies for a group of products (same therapeutic category) be discussed in a Corporate APS, or must this be done in individual branded APS? For example, a company has a portfolio of diabetes drugs that with ongoing research into weight loss indications, and would like to produce a single piece discussing all trials.
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708 - If Product-A is a combination of Drug-B and Drug-C, can the mechanism of action information from the Drug-B and Drug-C Product Monographs be used in Product-A advertising? The Product Monographs for combination products usually contain less information regarding their components (for brevity), however mechanisms of action should be identical regardless of formulation.
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704 - If a product has two possible dosing schedules, with no specific requirements/recommendations on which HCPs can choose, are we permitted to just focus on one dosing schedule in APS? If both dosing schedules are required, are we permitted to focus on one over the other in terms of prominence?
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689 - Non branded APS I just read the following Ask PAAB questions and I require clarification: Are we required to send material on disease awareness to the PAAB, even if there is no product mention? Hide Answer [-] PAAB Code section covers editorial pieces generated by a pharmaceutical company. That means the piece would not exist without the pharma company's financial involvement. The PAAB reviews editorial pieces where healthcare products are mentioned. See Code s7.8. Therefore, if you are talking about mechanism of action of how a ...
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677 - We have a situation where previously-approved clinical data in our TMA has been removed. This was an editorial request from Health Canada, simply to make room for new content (as Health Canada often requests trade-offs in order to keep TMAs succinct). It does not reflect a change in approval of the data itself. Therefore, can you advise if this previously-approved TMA data can continue to be used in APS? Note, the data does not appear in published studies and is therefore considered Data on File.
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674 - Is it acceptable to compare the clinical trial inclusion/exclusion criteria among competitor products? We would like to make the point that patients with certain conditions were included in the trials for 1 product but not in trials for its competitors. I understand non-clinical information can be compared across products, and we wondered if inclusion/exclusion info was considered clinical or non-clinical. Could this be done in a branded context?
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