Registration - Consultant

Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments / Paulette Eddy, Consultant

Registration Information

Client name: Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments
Lobbyist name: Paulette Eddy, Consultant
Initial registration start date: 2020-03-23
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 938677-366183

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 3

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 8 of 39 (2020-08-13 to 2020-08-19)

Registration versions:

Version 8 of 39 (2020-08-13 to 2020-08-19)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Health
Industry
Science and Technology

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program

Federal government support for targeted financial assistance and further measures to ensure that patient organizations, both not-for-profits and registered charities, can continue to fulfill their missions as a result of COVID-19 and the economic downturn.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Provide feedback on Bill C-213, the Canada Pharmacare Act.
Share patient group perspectives on national pharmacare proposals (follow-up from the Health Committee's report and the ongoing work of the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare).

Policies or Program

Ensure patient organizations are consulted and provide feedback during the proposed creation of the Canadian Drug Agency as outlined in Budget 2019.
Provide feedback on Budget 2019's proposal for a national strategy for high-cost drugs for rare diseases.
Provide feedback on the Government of Canada's response to COVID-19 to address the potential exacerbation of drug shortages.

Policies or Program, Regulation

Discuss Canada's response to the proposed bulk importation of medications from Canada to the United States
Recommend that the government and regulators adopt proactive approaches to communicating drug supply and shortages issues and measures to address them.
Recommend that the new powers for the Health Minister in the Food and Drug Act governing drug supplies should be extended past their September 2020 expiry date and be made permanent.
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.

Regulation

Request to delay implementation of the federal PMPRB regulations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic allowing all stakeholders to focus efforts on dealing with the public health emergency.

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

Finance Canada (FIN)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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: www.bestmedicinescoalition.org

Client representative

John Adams, Chair, Board of Directors

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
- c/o 278 Markland Drive
  Toronto, ON M9C 1R7
  Canada
Arthritis Consumer Experts
- 1228 Hamilton Stree
  200a
  Vancouver,, BC V6B 6L2
  Canada
Asthma Canada
- 124 Merton Street
  Toronto, ON M4S 2Z2
  Canada
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada
- 205 Horton St E
  Suite 203
  London, ON N6B 1K7
  Canada
Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance
- 204 Gerrard St E
  Toronto, ON M5A 2E6
  Canada
Canadian Association of Psoriasis Patients
- 223 Colonnade R S Unit 11
  Ottawa, ON K1E 7K3
  Canada
Canadian Breast Cancer Network
- 331 Cooper Street #602
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0G5
  Canada
Canadian cancer survivor network
- 1750 Courtwood Crescent
  Ottawa, ON K2C 2B5
  Canada
Canadian Council of the Blind
- 20 James Street
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0T6
  Canada
Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Society
- 333 Adelaide Street West
  Toronto, ON M5V 1R5
  Canada
Canadian Epilepsy Alliance
- 468 Queen Street East
  Toronto, ON M5A 1T7
  Canada
Canadian Hemophilia Society
- 666 Sherbrook St west, 301
  Montreal, QC H3A 1E7
  Canada
Canadian Mental Health Association
- 250 Dundas Street West
  Toronto, ON M5T 2Z5
  Canada
Canadian PKU & Allied Disorders
- 260 Adelaide Street E, 180
  Toronto, ON M5A 1N1
  Canada
Canadian Psoriasis Network
- 328 Bartlett Ave
  Toronto, ON M6H 3G7
  Canada
Canadian Skin Patient Alliance
- 136-2446 Bank Street
  Ottawa, ON K1V 1A8
  Canada
Canadian Spondylitis Association
- c/o 278 Markland Drive
  Toronto, ON M9C 1R7
  Canada
Crohn's and Colitis Canada
- 600-60 St. Clair Avenue East
  Toronto, QC M4T 1N5
  Canada
Cystic Fibrosis Canada
- 2323 Yonge Street
  Toronto, ON M4P 2C9
  Canada
Fighting Blindness Canada
- 890 Yonge st
  Toronto, ON M4W 3P4
  Canada
Health Coalition of Alberta
- c/o 278 Markland Drive
  Toronto, ON M9C 1R7
  Canada
Huntington Society of Canada
- 151 Frederick Street
  Kitchener, ON N2H 2M2
  Canada
Kidney Cancer Canada
- 4936 Yonge street
  Toronto, ON M2N 6S3
  Canada
Lymphoma Canada
- 6860 Century Ave, 202
  Mississauga, ON L5N 2W5
  Canada
Medicines Access Coalition - BC
- 11791 80A Ave
  Vancouver,, BC V3C 1Z1
  Canada
Millions Missing Canada
- c/o 278 Markland Drive
  Toronto, ON M9C 1R7
  Canada
Ovarian Cancer Canada
- 145 Front Street E, 205
  Toronto, ON M5A 1E3
  Canada
Parkinson Canada
- 4211 Yonge Street, 316
  Toronto, ON M9C 1R7
  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

Paulette Eddy | No public offices held

Business address:
278 Markland Drive
Toronto, ON M9C 1R7
Canada

Telephone number: 416-917-3338

Best Medicines Coalition/Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments

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Registration - Consultant

Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments / Paulette Eddy, Consultant

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 8 of 39 (2020-08-13 to 2020-08-19)

Version 8 of 39 (2020-08-13 to 2020-08-19)

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Policies or Program

Policies or Program, Regulation

Regulation

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Government funding

Client Contact Information

Client representative

Parent Company Information

Coalition Members Information

Individual, organization or corporation with a Direct Interest Beneficiary Information

Subsidiary Beneficiary Information