Table 1: Therapeutic indications for drugs approved by Health Canada from January 2005 to December 2014, by outcome and approval type
Outcome and approval process; no. of drugs approved
Therapeutic indicationClinical outcomeSurrogate outcome
StandardPriorityNOC/cStandardPriorityNOC/c
Allergy300000
Cancer79015912
Cardiovascular220501
Dermatology600000
Genitourinary600000
Gastrointestinal610000
Gynecology200100
Hematology500421
Inborn error of metabolism010320
Infectious disease, hepatitis000060
Infectious disease, HIV000423
Infectious disease, other1221000
Infectious disease, vaccine310620
Metabolic disease, diabetes000900
Metabolic disease, other0001030
Miscellaneous610001
Musculoskeletal300000
Neurology1610100
Ophthalmology220210
Psychiatry1300000
Pulmonary hypertension110210
Respirology200510
Rheumatology610000
Total 101 22 1 67 29 18

Note: NOC/c = Notice of Compliance with conditions.