Ontario Public Drug Programs

Glossary

This glossary provides brief explanations of terms used in the Ontario Public Drug Programs web pages. To access a term definition, select the appropriate letter from the alphabet below.

Glossary sources:

• Principles for the development of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance: December 2005
• BMJ Clinical Evidence
• Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.
• MedicineNet.com
• The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products
• Medline Plus
• Glossary of Clinical Trials Terms
• Dictionary of Cancer Terms
• U. S. Food and Drug Administration
• Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)