Already a DIA Member? Sign in. Not a member? Join.

Sign in

Forgot User ID? or Forgot Password?

Not a Member?

Create Account and Join

Hilton Lac-Leamy

Oct 27, 2025 7:30 AM - Oct 28, 2025 3:40 PM

3 Boulevard du Casino, Gatineau, QC J8Y 6X4, Canada

Canada Annual Meeting

The Canada Annual Meeting offers three tracks, Regulatory, Clinical, Safety and Pharmacovigilance!

Session 5, Track C: Health Canada Pharmacovigilance Updates

Session Chair(s)

Yulia  Vasianovich, PhD, RAC

Yulia Vasianovich, PhD, RAC

Scientific Evaluator, Marketed Health Products Directorate

Health Canada, Canada

Daniel  Greco, PharmD, MS, RPh

Daniel Greco, PharmD, MS, RPh

Associate Director of Patient Safety

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Canada

This session will highlight key initiatives transforming post-market safety evaluation in Canada. We will begin with the Health Canada’s Operation Glasswing, an activity aimed at exploring a long-standing concern raised by industry with obtaining meaningful AR data from the Canada Vigilance Program. Health Canada will also provide an overview of the WHO pharmacovigilance tools such as VigiLyze database, the global platform from the Uppsala Monitoring Centre, which enables review of aggregated AR reports across countries, and providing valuable international context for Health Canada's pharmacovigilance activities.

  • Operation Glasswing: Understanding Barriers to Adverse Reaction Data Access for Industry
    Laura Muranyi, Health Canada
  • Health Canada’s Overview and Use of WHO/UMC Pharmacovigilance Tools
    Da Graça, Health Canada

Learning Objective :

At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:

  • Describe industry barriers to accessing the Canada Vigilance adverse reaction (AR) data
  • • Explain how continued collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) supports Health Canada pharmacovigilance activities

Speaker(s)

Silas  Da Graça, MSc

Health Canada’s Overview and Use of WHO/UMC Pharmacovigilance Tools

Silas Da Graça, MSc

Health Canada, Canada

A/Manager, Adverse Reaction Monitoring and Information Section

Laura  Muranyi

Operation Glasswing: Understanding Barriers to Adverse Reaction Data Access for Industry

Laura Muranyi

Health Canada, Canada

Manager, Health Products Surveillance and Epidemiology Bureau

Have an account?

Be informed and stay engaged.

Don't miss an opportunity - join our mailing list to stay up to date on DIA insights and events.