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Ontario Steering Committee for Cancer Drugs

The Ontario Steering Committee for Cancer Drugs (OSCCD) was created in 2013 to enhance and support the administration of Ontario's cancer drug programs. The committee advises the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's Ontario Public Drug Programs and Cancer Care Ontario's Provincial Drug Reimbursement Programs.

The objective is to provide evidence-informed clinical, health research and health economic guidance to the Executive Officer (EO) of Ontario Public Drug Programs (OPDP) on:

  • provincial cancer drug funding policies and decisions
  • program evaluation and drug-specific studies
  • enhancements to cancer drug programs or initiatives in Ontario

For more information on cancer drug funding and decision-making in Ontario, please see the Public Drug Funding and Administration page or visit one of these sites:

To learn more about how the committee is created and organized, refer to the Terms of Reference.

The OSCCD reviews select cancer drugs for public funding in Ontario. The Executive Officer, Ontario Public Drug Programs, seeks the committee’s advice in making final funding decisions. Drug-specific summaries outlining the committee’s recommendations and reasons are available here.

Please note, cancer drugs reviewed by the pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review are not subsequently assessed by this committee.

OSCCD Cancer Drug Review Summaries

DRUG NAME INDICATION OSCCD REVIEW DATE FUNDING STATUS REVIEW SUMMARY
aprepitant (Emend ®) Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting Nov. 25, 2013 Approved Antiemetics Summary (PDF)
granisetron (Kytril®) Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting Nov. 25, 2013 Approved Antiemetics Summary (PDF)
ondansetron (Zofran®) Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting Nov. 25, 2013 Approved Antiemetics Summary (PDF)
Bevacizumab* (Avastin ®) Recurrent Giloblastoma Multiforme Dec. 12, 2013 Denied See the Ministry’s website: EO Decisions and CED Recom mendations

*The Ministry’s Committee to Evaluate Drugs, led this review with input from the OSCCD.

For current eligibility criteria for publicly funded cancer drugs, please visit the program-specific page or website:

The OSCCD brings together people with expertise from different disciplines including medical oncology, hematology, pharmacy and health economics. It also has patient representation.

All committee members are selected by the Executive Officer of Ontario Public Drug Programs, in consultation with Cancer Care Ontario.

Committee Members

Dr. Kelvin Chan
Medical Oncologist, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Matthew Cheung
Hematologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Clinician-Investigator/Clinical

Dr. Avram Denburg
Paediatric Oncologist, Division of Paediatric Medicine and Hematology/Oncology, Hospital for SickChildren
Scientist-Track Investigator in Child Health Evaluative Sciences at the SickKids Research Institute

Dr. Katherine Enright
Medical Oncologist, Trillium Health Partners, Credit Valley Hospital

Dr. Genevieve Goulet
Oncology Pharmacist, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Andrew Han
Senior Oncology Pharmacist, Mount Sinai Hospital

Kathleen Smith
Patient and Family Advisor, Professor Emeritus, Confederation College

Dr. Srikala Sridhar
Medical Oncologist, Division of Medical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Pierre Villeneuve
Hematologist, Leukemia and Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Program, The Ottawa Hospital
Scientist, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Dr. Greg Zaric
Professor of Management Science at the Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario
Academic Director of the MSc program in Management at Ivey