CADTH Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health

Created in 1989 by Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial governments, CADTH was created to organize a pan-Canadian, coordinated approach to assessing health technologies, harness Canadian expertise from every region and produce evidence-informed solutions that benefit patients in jurisdictions across the country.

• help health care decision-makers keep pace with technological change
• review and make recommendations on new and existing health technologies
• undertake comprehensive Health Technology Assessments that leverage the full depth and power of today’s evidence-rich environment
• examine practices, processes, and protocols to provide a better understanding of the current landscape in health care
• scan the horizon to give health care leaders a glimpse of what the future might bring.