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357 - We have a consumer website for our OTC product that is ASC-approved. Can we include the link to our consumer website on a HCP marketing material, which will be submitted to PAAB, if the website itself was not PAAB-reviewed?
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Yes. PAAB reviewed HCP product branded materials for an OTC product can link to a DTC website branded for the same product if both of the following conditions are met:
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The OTC website has been approved by a preclearance body whose scope includes OTC DTC per the Health Canada document "Health Canada and Advertising Preclearance Agencies' Roles Related to Health Product Advertising".
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The consumer site is identified in the HCP site as a consumer site (i.e. so as to make it clear that this not content that was designed specifically for HCPs)
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