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:20100122T154406Z 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 Out o f these 48% have either been withdrawn by the applicant (11%) or refused b y the NHPD (37%).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:20100224T193000Z DTSTAMP:20100122T154407Z DTSTART:20100224T180000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20100122T154406Z LOCATION:Online PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Dicentra Online Seminar: Successful Product Submissi ons 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 on Successful Product Submissions will take place th is coming Wednesday. Visit www.dicentra.ca/training to register now .

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Successful Product Submissions: How to Register Your Multi Ingredient Pro ducts for Unique Health Claims
\n~~Wednesday\, February 24\, 2010\, 1:00 PM Eastern Time~~
\n60 minutes followed b y a 30 minute question and answer period
\nAnne Wilkie
\n1 Certificate of Course Completion issued to the attendee\, and archive of the PowerPoint and audio to keep forever

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\nAs o f November of 2009 the Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) has comp leted 33\,000 of 43\,000 product license applications received. Out of these 48% have either been withdrawn by the applic ant (11%) or refused by the NHPD (37%). Later this fall the NHPD is expect ed to make an announcement on new enforcement measures with potential targ et dates as to when products will absolutely require a license before entering the marketplace .
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\ndicentra’s 2010 Successful Product Submissions Web Seminar will address the many challenges facing industry in obtaining Natural Prod uct Numbers and will provide potential solutions to overcome these challenges. This seminar is presented only once a year and is derived from dicentra’s experience in completing thousands of Product License Applications. Topics covered incl ude:

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·\; \; \; \; \; \;&nbs p\; a summ ary of the recent NHPD workshops outlining compliance and enforcement meas ures\;

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·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; an update on the status of submiss ions at the NHPD\;

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·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; an overview of the pro duct submission review process that takes place at the NHPD\;

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·\; \;& nbsp\; \; \; \; \; a list and discussion of reasons why products are bei ng refused\; and\,

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·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; what can be done to im prove the likelihood that your product will be approved\, especially for n on-traditional applications.

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The seminar presenter\, Anne Wilkie\, is the fo rmer Vice President and Head of Regulatory Affairs for the Canadian Health Food Association\, Canada's largest trade association representing the in terests of retailers and suppliers of natural products and organics. Anne held this role for the past 10 years during which time she developed and l ed the regulatory program for the CHFA and was actively involved in the cr eation and implementation of the Natural Health Products Regulations and c onsultations on the Organic Products Regulations. Prior to the CHFA\, Anne worked for Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in a var iety of roles including Laboratory Analyst\, Food and Drug Inspector and N utrition Program Specialist.
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\nAnyone involved in preparing submi ssions for Product License Applications should attend this course to fully understand the review process at the Natural Health Products Directorate and to acquire the ability to submit a complete and successful application .

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