The Ministry of Health and Social Services has authorized the Institut National d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) (National Institute for Excellence in Health and Social Services) to issue 7 updates in 2015 to the Liste de médicaments. Updates will occur in February, March, April, June, July, October and November.
Submission deadlines for new medicines or new indication of a listed product are published as follows:
| Scheduled Update | Submission Deadlines |
| February 2, 2015 | August 8, 2014 |
| June 1, 2015 | November 28, 2014 |
| October 1, 2015 | March 27, 2015 |
Submission deadlines for multisource generics:
| Scheduled Update | Submission Deadlines |
| February 2, 2015 | October 17, 2014 |
| March 16, 2015 | December 5, 2014 |
| April 24, 2015 | January 16, 2015 |
| June 1, 2015 | February 13, 2015 |
| July 15, 2015 | March 20, 2015 |
| October 1, 2015 | June 12, 2015 |
| November 16, 2015 | July 24, 2015 |
Note that manufacturers intending to request a drug review for the February 2015 Liste de médicaments update must file a submission with INESSS by August 8, 2014, 4:30 p.m.
Submissions must be received by 4:30 p.m. on the above mentioned dates at the following address:
Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux
Direction de l’évaluation des médicaments aux fins d’inscription
2535 boul. Laurier, 5e étage
Québec (Québec) G1V 4M3
More details on submission deadlines and filing requirements can be found on the INESSS website.
Update to the Liste de médicaments
An updated Liste de médicaments – régime général d’assurance médicaments, dated June 2, 2014, is now available. Principal recommendations regarding the Liste de médicaments, effective June 2, 2014, are posted on the Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) website. Please consult the June 2014 Avis au Ministre (two separate documents: one for innovative drugs and one for generic medicines) for more details about the Minister’s decisions regarding INESSS’s principal recommendations.