Registration - Consultant

Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments / Jay Strauss, Consultant

Registration Information

Client name: Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments
Lobbyist name: Jay Strauss, Consultant
Initial registration start date: 2016-04-26
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 926360-357616

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 2

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

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Version 57 of 60 (2024-09-10 to 2024-09-25)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Health	Discuss Canada's response to the proposed bulk importation of medications from Canada to the United States.	Policies or Program, Regulation
Health	Ensure access to a comprehensive range of medicines and vaccines in Canada and protect access to clinical trials, while helping to rebuild domestic capacities to develop and make drugs and vaccines.	Policies or Program
Health	Ensure patient organizations are consulted and provide feedback on policies, processes, patient representation and other initiatives from Canada's Drug Agency.	Policies or Program
Health	Learn more about and provide feedback on plans around COVID-19 vaccines, including protein based ones.	Policies or Program
Health	Provide feedback on regulations to address health product shortages in Canada.	Regulation
Health	Provide input on a national strategy for drugs for rare diseases.	Policies or Program
Health	Provide input on proposed agile regulations and guidance for licensing drugs and medical devices.	Regulation
Health	Recommend that the government and regulators adopt proactive approaches to communicating drug supply and shortages issues and measures to address them.	Regulation, Policies or Program
Health	Recommend that the government study and provide public interest funding so that the voices of patients, their needs and interests can be more adequately represented in public policy and regulatory matters.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Health	Recommend the creation of a Chief Patient Officer, as part of Bill C-64 or separately.	Policies or Program, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Health	Recommend the creation of a Patient Ombudsman, as part of Bill C-64 or separately.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
Health	Share patient groups perspectives on drug pricing and access to medications/vaccines/clinical trials, specifically regulations and guidelines related to the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board, along with feedback on their policies and practices, and processes related to PMPRB.	Policies or Program, Regulation
Health	Share patient groups perspectives on national pharmacare and national formulary proposals/legislation, including funding to support national pharmacare.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication

The lobbyist has arranged or expects to arrange one or more meetings on behalf of the client between a public office holder and any other person in the course of this undertaking.

Government Institutions

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG)
Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner (PSIC)
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Senate of Canada
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

Client Details

Government funding

No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.

Client Contact Information

Address:
278 Markland Drive
Toronto, ON M9C 1R7
Canada

Telephone number: 416-917-3338
Web address: https://bestmedicinescoalition.org

Client representative

Paulette Eddy, Executive Director

Parent Company Information

Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.

Coalition Members Information

Alliance for Access to Psychiatric Medications
- Care of: 278 Markland Drive
  Toronto, ON M9C 1R7
  Canada
Asthma Canada
- 124 Merton St.
  401
  Toronto, ON M4S 2Z2
  Canada
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada / La fondation canadienne des tumeurs cérébrales
- 205 Horton St E
  Suite 203
  London, ON N6B 1K7
  Canada
Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance / Alliance Canadienne des Arthritiques
- 204 Gerrard St. E
  3
  Toronto, ON M5A 2E6
  Canada
Canadian Breast Cancer Network / Réseau canadien du cancer du sein
- 185 Somerset St. West
  Suite 318
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0J2
  Canada
Canadian Cancer Survivor Network / Réseau canadien des survivants du cancer
- 1750 Courtwood Crescent
  Suite 210
  Ottawa, ON K2C 2B5
  Canada
Canadian Council of the Blind
- 200-14 Chamberlain Ave.
  Ottawa, ON K1S 1V9
  Canada
Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Society
- 333 Adelaide Street West
  Toronto, ON M5V 1R5
  Canada
Canadian Epilepsy Alliance / L’Alliance Canadienne de l’Épilepsie
- 468 Queen St. East
  210
  Toronto, ON M5A 1T7
  Canada
Canadian Hemophilia Society / Société Canadienne de l'Hémophilie
- 666 Sherbrooke Street West
  301
  Montreal, QC H3A 1E7
  Canada
Canadian PKU & Allied Disorders
- 260 Adelaide Street East
  180
  Toronto, ON M5A 1N1
  Canada
Canadian Skin Patient Alliance / l'Alliance canadienne des patients en dermatologie
- G303-851 Industrial Ave
  Ottawa, ON K1G 4L3
  Canada
Canadian Spondyloarthritis Association / Association canadienne de spondylarthrite
- 2967 Dundas Street West
  #1208
  Toronto, ON M6P 1Z2
  Canada
CanCertainty / CanCertitude
- 3 – 251 Queen Street South
  Suite 561
  Mississauga, ON L5M 1L7
  Canada
Crohn’s and Colitis Canada / Crohn et Colite Canada
- 2110-439 University Avenue
  Toronto, ON M5G 1Y8
  Canada
Cystic Fibrosis Canada
- 2323 Yonge Street
  Suite 800
  Toronto, ON M4P 2C9
  Canada
Eczema Society of Canada / Société canadienne de l’eczéma
- 411 The Queensway South
  P.O. Box 25009
  Keswick, ON L4P 4C2
  Canada
Fighting Blindness Canada / Vaincre la cécité Canada
- 890 Yonge St
  12th Floor
  Toronto, ON M4W 3P4
  Canada
Health Coalition of Alberta
- P.O. Box 81187 Lake Bonavista
  Calgary, AB T2J 7C9
  Canada
Huntington Society of Canada
- 20 Erb St. W
  Suite 801
  Waterloo, ON N2L 1T2
  Canada
Kidney Cancer Canada / Cancer du rein Canada
- 3 – 251 Queen Street South
  Suite 561
  Mississauga, ON L5M 1L7
  Canada
Lymphoma Canada / Lymphome Canada
- 6860 Century Avenue
  202
  Mississauga, ON L5N 2W5
  Canada
Medical Cannabis Canada
- 601-3500 Lakeshore Road West
  Oakville, ON L6L 0B4
  Canada
Medicines Access Coalition - BC
- 11791 80A Ave.
  Delta, BC V4C 1Z1
  Canada
Migraine Canada
- 20 Loftus Road
  Phelpston, ON L0L 2K0
  Canada
Millions Missing Canada
- Care of: 278 Markland Drive
  Toronto, ON M9C 1R7
  Canada
Ovarian Cancer Canada / Cancer de l'ovaire Canada
- 145 Front St E
  205
  Toronto, ON M5A 1E3
  Canada
Parkinson Canada / Parkinson Canada
- 4211 Yonge Street
  316
  Toronto, ON M2P 2A9
  Canada
Psoriasis Canada
- 582 St. Clair Avenue West
  #304
  Toronto, ON M6C 1A6
  Canada
the cancer collaborative / le collaboratoire cancer
- 304-4821 Av Eliot
  Laval, QC H7W 0C3
  Canada

Individual, organization or corporation with a Direct Interest Beneficiary Information

The activities of Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments are not controlled or directed by another individual, organization or corporation with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.

Subsidiary Beneficiary Information

Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments does not have any subsidiaries that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the undertaking

Lobbyist Details

Jay Strauss | Public offices held

Business address:
59 Huntginton Lane
St. Catharines, ON L2S 3R5
Canada

Telephone number: 905-325-8717

Best Medicines Coalition/Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008
Name	From	To
Best Medicines Coalition/Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments	2016-04-26	current

Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Electronic Information Director Prime Minister's Office, Press Office	November 2003 to March 2006	Not a designated office
Summer student Health Canada, Human Resources (seconded part of the summer to the Minister's Office)	May 2002 to August 2002	Not a designated office
Summer student Veterans Affairs Canada, Minister's Office	May 2001 to August 2001	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Electronic Information Director Prime Minister's Office, Press Office	November 2003 to March 2006	Not a designated office
Summer student Health Canada, Human Resources (seconded part of the summer to the Minister's Office)	May 2002 to August 2002	Not a designated office
Summer student Veterans Affairs Canada, Minister's Office	May 2001 to August 2001	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2024-12-05

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