In June 2013, the MSSC has also developed a Multi-Stakeholder Toolkit. The Toolkit describes the Canadian drug supply chain, clarifies roles and responsibilities of key players, and identifies the tools and strategies available to address drug shortages at specific stages of the supply chain. The Toolkit is a reference to support coordinated multi-stakeholder efforts to identify, mitigate, resolve and prevent drug shortages in Canada. The Toolkit was updated in 2017 to reflect the Government of Canada’s introduction of the Regulations on Mandatory Drug Shortage and Discontinuation Reporting.
The “Company Name” field currently displays the company associated with the drug identification number (DIN) as of today. A fix will be implemented shortly so the fields will show the company name as it was when the report was originally posted. This issue does not impact the data that can be extracted from the website using the Application Programming Interface (API).