National Manager, Clinical Trial Compliance Program (CTCP), Health Canada

Dr Hocine Abid is an international medical doctor graduate from Constantine’s University, in Algeria.  Hocine also holds an MBA from École des Hautes Études Commerciales (École des HEC Montréal affiliated with University of Montreal) and a Graduate Diploma in public administration from École Nationale d’Administration Publique (ENAP) of Quebec.  Dr Hocine Abid is the national manager for Health Canada’s Clinical Trial Compliance Program that oversees the inspections of clinical trials since 2018. Before this, Hocine occupied different roles in various positions within Health Canada such as manager of the good manufacturing inspection program, the Inspectorate regional manager for Ontario, overseeing Health Products Compliance and Enforcement programs, Head of the medical cannabis program overseeing the evaluation and the delivery of authorizations to possess and produce cannabis for medical purposes.