Anatomic/therapeutic/chemical category (2nd level) | No. of drugs in category | No. of drugs | |||||||
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Time of approval | Prescription status | ||||||||
Before 1980 | Jan. 1, 1980, to Dec. 31, 1989 | Jan. 1, 1990, to Dec. 31, 1999 | Jan. 1, 2000, to Dec. 31, 2009 | After Jan. 1, 2010 | Prescription only | Over the counter | Natural health product | ||
Agents acting on the renin-angiotensin system | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Anesthetics | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Antibacterials for systematic use | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Anti-inflammatory and antirheumatic products* | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Antineoplastic agents | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Antiobesity preparations | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Antipruritics | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Antithrombotic agents | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Cardiac therapy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Drugs for constipation | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Drugs for functional gastrointestinal disorders | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Drugs for obstructive airway diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Drugs for treatment of bone diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Drugs used in diabetes | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||
Immunomodulating drugs | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Immunosuppressants | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Lipid-modifying agents | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Muscle relaxants | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Nasal preparations | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Ophthalmologicals | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Other dermatological preparations | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Other nervous system drugs | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Psychoanaleptics | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||||
Psycholeptics | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Note: The anatomic/therapeutic/chemical category is from World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology (www.whocc.no/atc_ddd_index/). Approval date and prescription status are from Health Canada’s Drug Product Database (www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/drug-products/drug-product-database.html).
↵* The approval date for 1 drug was not found.