Therapeutics Initiative

Therapeutics Initiative Prescription drug therapy is a key element of medical care.

The UBC Therapeutics Initiative’s goal is for drug therapies to be used wisely in the best interests of patients, based on thorough & accurate understanding of scientific evidence. The Therapeutics Initiative (TI) was established in 1994 by the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in cooperation with the Department of Family Practice at The University of British Columbia with its mission to provide physicians and pharmacists with up-to-date, evidence-based, practical information on prescription drug therapy. To reduce bias as much as possible the TI is an independent organization, separate from government, pharmaceutical industry and other vested interest groups. We strongly believe in the need for independent assessments of evidence on drug therapy to balance the drug industry sponsored information sources.

🚨Now presenting: the TI's Dr. Aaron TejaniTherapeutics Initiative Prescribing Portraits for BC cliniciansTo sign up for ...
11/29/2025

🚨Now presenting: the TI's Dr. Aaron Tejani
Therapeutics Initiative Prescribing Portraits for BC clinicians

To sign up for Prescribing Portraits:
https://www.ti.ubc.ca/portrait/

🚨Speaking now: Dr. Colin Dormuth (TI Co-Director)Overlooked challenges in comparing tx benefits & harms in RCTs✅Clarify ...
11/29/2025

🚨Speaking now: Dr. Colin Dormuth (TI Co-Director)

Overlooked challenges in comparing tx benefits & harms in RCTs

✅Clarify role of relative/absolute measures of efficacy

✅Explain how typical interpretations of adverse event data provide false sense of security

Dr. Allyson Harrison on :How many professionals apply ALL five DSM-5 criteria before diagnosising ADHD? 🤔
11/28/2025

Dr. Allyson Harrison on :

How many professionals apply ALL five DSM-5 criteria before diagnosising ADHD? 🤔

11/27/2025

⌛️ One more sleep until our TI for Clinicians virtual course starts! ⌛️

https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/10/15/bringing-best-evidence-to-clinicians-annual-course-2025/

✅ highly interactive 👥
✅ engaging expert speakers 🧑🏽‍💻
✅ common + new 💊 treatment issues
✅ independent + evidence-based 💯
✅ broad, practical scope 🩺


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⚠️Stacey Kuznetsova: Your doctor could be receiving payments from a drug company. Why won’t anyone tell you?https://ijb....
11/24/2025

⚠️Stacey Kuznetsova: Your doctor could be receiving payments from a drug company. Why won’t anyone tell you?
https://ijb.utoronto.ca/news/your-doctor-could-be-receiving-payments-from-a-drug-company-why-wont-anyone-tell-you/

"In some cases, conflicts can cause waste, over-prescribing or even direct harm to patients"

More on in our UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 136: https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2022/05/25/136-how-do-you-respond-to-conflicts-of-interest/

In Canada, when a doctor hands you a prescription, you trust that what’s been recommended is the best drug for your health. What you can’t know is whether your physician has benefited financially from a relationship with the company that made the drug — and whether that relationship has affect...

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