BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 12.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20100122T154547Z DESCRIPTION:Just a friendly reminder that dicentra’s online seminar on Su ccessful Product Submissions will take place this coming Wednesday. Visit www.dicentra.ca/training to register now.\n\nSuccessful Product Submission s: How to Register Your Multi Ingredient Products for Unique Health Claims \nWednesday\, February 24\, 2010\, 1:00 PM Eastern Time\n60 minutes follow ed by a 30 minute question and answer period\nAnne Wilkie\n1 Certificate o f Course Completion issued to the attendee\, and archive of the PowerPoint and audio to keep forever\n \n\ nAs of November of 2009 the Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) has completed 33\,000 of 43\,000 product license applications received. Out o f these 48% have either been withdrawn by the applicant (11%) or refused b y the NHPD (37%). Later this fall the NHPD is expected to make an announce ment on new enforcement measures with potential target dates as to when pr oducts will absolutely require a license before entering the marketplace.\ n\ndicentra’s 2010 Successful Product Submissions Web Seminar will addre ss the many challenges facing industry in obtaining Natural Product Number s and will provide potential solutions to overcome these challenges. This seminar is presented only once a year and is derived from dicentra’s exp erience in completing thousands of Product License Applications. Topics co vered include:\n* a summary of the recent NHPD workshops outlining complia nce and enforcement measures\;\n* an update on the status of submissions a t the NHPD\;\n* an overview of the product submission review process that takes place at the NHPD\;\n* a list and discussion of reasons why products are being refused\; and\,\n* what can be done to improve the likelihood t hat your product will be approved\, especially for non-traditional applica tions. \nThe seminar presenter\, Anne Wilkie\, is the former Vice Presiden t and Head of Regulatory Affairs for the Canadian Health Food Association\ , Canada's largest trade association representing the interests of retaile rs and suppliers of natural products and organics. Anne held this role for the past 10 years during which time she developed and led the regulatory program for the CHFA and was actively involved in the creation and impleme ntation of the Natural Health Products Regulations and consultations on th e Organic Products Regulations. Prior to the CHFA\, Anne worked for Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in a variety of roles incl uding Laboratory Analyst\, Food and Drug Inspector and Nutrition Program S pecialist.\n\nAnyone involved in preparing submissions for Product License Applications should attend this course to fully understand the review pro cess at the Natural Health Products Directorate and to acquire the ability to submit a complete and successful application.\n\n DTEND:20100428T183000Z DTSTAMP:20100122T154547Z DTSTART:20100428T170000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20100122T154547Z LOCATION:Online PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Dicentra Online Seminar: Expanding Your Market to Ca nada TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E0080000000010DB44D24F9BCA01000000000000000 010000000D9872C999A33A24583E9323AB602F9BA X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Just a friendly reminder that dicentra’s online seminar Expanding Your Market to Canada will t ake place this coming Wednesday. Visit www.dicentra.ca/training to register now.

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Expanding Your Market to Canada: Opportunities and Obstacles Revealed
\nWednesday\, April 28\, 2010\, 1:00 PM Eastern Time
\n 60 min utes followed by a 30 minute question and answer period
\nAnne Wilkie &\; William Mor kel
\n1 Certificate of Course Completion issued to the attendee\, and archive of the PowerPoint and audio to keep forever< /P>\n\n

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\nNutrition and supplement use is an everyday part of Canadian lives. Today 71% of Canadian adults report that they have used a natural health product\, and 38% report that they use at least one on a daily basis. With a population roughly one tenth the size of the U.S.\, setting foot in this marketplace could easily result in a 10% grow th of sales.
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\nEntering the Canadian market\, however\, is not easy. Unlike the U.S. regulatory landscape\, where dietary supplements are monitored post-market \, Canada requires products to be licensed prior to market entry by the Na tural Health Products Directorate (NHPD)\, a branch of Health Canada.
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\nThis seminar will provide attendees with a step-by-step procedure for bringing dietary supplements to market. Topics covered include:

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·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; an overview of the Canadian natural he alth product market (prevalence of use and most popular product categories )\;
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·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; a summary of the Natural Health Produ ct Regulations and their implications for companies entering the Canadian market\;
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·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; labeling requirements and how th ey differ from U.S. requirements\;
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·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;< /SPAN> a step -by-step outline of all regulatory requirements for entering the Canadian market (product licenses and site licenses for importation)\;
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·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; enforcement measures at the Canadian-U.S. border for natural health products\; and\,
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·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; possible com pliance and enforcement measures to be adopted by Health Canada in the nea r future and the implications on business.
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This seminar is being presented by Anne Wilkie and William Morkel.
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\nAnne Wilkie is the former Vice President and Head of Regulatory Affairs for the Canadian Health Food Ass ociation\, Canada's largest trade association representing the interests o f retailers and suppliers of natural products and organics. Anne held this role for the past 10 years during which time she developed and led the re gulatory program for the CHFA and was actively involved in the creation an d implementation of the Natural Health Products Regulations and consultati ons on the Organic Products Regulations. Prior to the CHFA\, Anne worked f or Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in a variety of r oles including Laboratory Analyst\, Food and Drug Inspector and Nutrition Program Specialist.
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\nWilliam Morkel\, Senior Regulatory Affairs &\; Quality Assurance Specialist at dicentra\, has ten years of experie nce working in the field of pharmaceutical and natural health products qua lity assurance and often delivers lectures on GMP issues with Health Canad a. William assists dicentra’s U.S. based clients in establishing the nec essary requirements to import their products under a Health Canada issued Site License.
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