Forum Update: Supporting Community-Led Discussion
The forum was created as a space for shared learning and peer support, and as the community grows, we want to lean more fully into that purpose.
Going forward, PAAB will be taking a more listening-first role in forum discussions. Rather than responding immediately to every question, we’ll be encouraging members to engage with one another, share experiences, and help build collective understanding. PAAB will continue to monitor conversations and will step in to:
- Correct any misunderstandings
- Provide guidance when questions remain unanswered after a few days
- Support discussions where official clarification is needed
Our goal is to foster a collaborative, trusted community where knowledge is shared and strengthened by everyone’s contributions.
Thank you for being part of the conversation.
77 - Can we use American guidelines to complement or supplement Canadian guidelines in promotional pieces? Often guidelines may have slightly different recommendations or one maybe published later than the other.
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You can generally use valid, published American guidelines to add further support to statements from the published Canadian guidelines. In such cases, the spirit should be to show that the consensus sources are in agreement. We also often permit American guidelines when there are no Canadian guidelines for that specific therapeutic area. We do not, however, consider American guidelines when they are inconsistent with the Canadian consensus. Statements taken from guidelines and used in advertising must be based on good evidence and consistent with the Terms of Market Authorization (s3.1). The PAAB encourages companies to distribute the complete published guideline and it should be the most recent available.
