Regulatory consultant to the health care industry (pharma, medical devices, natural health products), specializing in navigating the Canadian regulatory landscape for obtaining market authorization, and guiding new companies desiring to enter the Canadian market for health care products.
The answer depends on how many patients are in the study, how many investigational sites are in the study, and how long the study length is. Other facts that can affect the cost is what sort of materials must be provided to each patient (smart phones? tablets? etc.). So, the cost could be several hundred thousand dollars, or perhaps much more than that.