Version 8 of 54 (2002-06-25 to 2002-10-24) was submitted prior to the Lobbying Act coming into force on July 2, 2008. Due to different information requirements at that time, the registration is presented in the following format.
Organization: |
CANADIAN GENERIC PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION (CGPA)
409 - 4120 YONGE STREET TORONTO, ON M2P 2B8 Canada |
Telephone number: | 416-223-2333 |
Fax number: | 416-223-2425 |
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | JAMES KEON, PRESIDENT |
Description of the organization's activities: | THE CANADIAN DRUG MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH SUPPORTS AND ENHANCES THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE GENERIC AND INNOVATIVE MEDICATIONS TO CANADIANS AND PATIENTS AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND FINE CHEMICALS IN CANADA. |
Organization's membership or classes of membership: | THE CDMA IS COMPOSED OF 18 MEMBER COMPANIES IN THE GENERIC PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, BOTH FINE-CHEMICAL COMPANIES AND FINAL DOSAGE COMPANIES. |
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
Name: | JEFF CONNELL |
Position title: | DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS |
Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
Name: | JAMES KEON |
Position title: | PRESIDENT |
Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
Name: | PAULA REMBACH |
Position title: | RESEARCH ANALYST |
Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
Name: | JULIE TAM |
Position title: | VICE PRESIDENT, PROFESSIONAL & SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS |
Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Competition Tribunal (CT), Environment Canada, Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec (FORD[Q]), Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Privy Council Office (PCO), Revenue Canada (RC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) |
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
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Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format |
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Consumer Issues, Health, Industry, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Science and Technology, Small Business, Taxation and Finance |
Subject Matter: Retrospective: | TPP REGULATION PROPOSALS - DISCUSSION WITH HPB (HEALTH PROTECTION BRANCH) & INDUSTRY CANADA RE: PATENTS, WTO CHALLENGES & PHARMACEUTICALS EXPORTS; ONGOING EXCHANGE OF MATERIAL RE: PATENT RESTRICTIONS IN PATENTED MEDICINES NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE REGULATIONS; PATENT ACT - DISCUSSION WITH GOV'T OFFICIALS RE: REVIEW OF THE PATENT ACT; PMPRB (PATENETED MEDICINE PRICES REVIEW BOARD) - ONGOING REVIEW OF REPORTS NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE REGULATIONS - BRIEFS TO GOV'T |
Subject Matter: Prospective: | INDUSTRY CANADA REGARDING PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY - ONGOING FOREIGN AFFAIRS & INTERNATIONAL TRADE - RE: WTO CHALLENGES, EXPORTS - INTERPRETATION & APPLICATION OF TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH THE GENERIC RX INDUSTRY - CONTINUATION OF NOC REGULATIONS, PATENT ACT, ANTI-COMPETIVE BEHAVIOUR. |