The committee has heard testimony from psychiatrists, physicians and legal experts, a majority of whom say Canada should not go ahead with MAID for mental illness.
The platform, set to shut down later in May, had hoped to gather 75% of prescriptions, Dr. Peter Vaughan, chair of the board of Canada Health Infoway, told the committee on Tuesday.
The researchers are also exploring the possibility of using this approach to deliver cells that could produce other useful proteins, such as antibodies, enzymes or clotting factors.
Study examines the risk of MACE in older patients with inflammatory bowel disease taking immunomodulators or biologics versus 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA).