1.1. The COMPUS Expert Review Committee

CERC consists of eight Core Members appointed to serve for all topics under consideration during their term of office, and three or more Specialist Experts appointed to provide their expertise in recommending optimal use for one or more specific topics. For topics in the area of mental health, four specialists were appointed as Specialist Experts. Two of the Core Members are Public Members who bring a lay perspective to the committee. The remaining six Core Members hold qualifications as physicians, pharmacists, or health economists, or have other relevant qualifications, with expertise in one or more areas such as but not limited to: family practice, internal medicine, institutional or community clinical pharmacy, pharmacoeconomics, clinical epidemiology, drug utilization expertise, methodology, affecting behaviour change (through health professional and/or patient and/or policy interventions), and critical appraisal. The Core Members, including Public Members, are appointed by the CADTH Board of Directors.

The mandate of CERC is advisory in nature, and consists of providing recommendations and advice to CADTH on assigned topics that relate to the identification, evaluation, and promotion of optimal practices in the prescribing and use of drugs across Canada. The overall perspective used by CERC members in producing recommendations is that of public health care policy-makers in pursuit of optimizing the health of Canadians within available health care system resources.