Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Corporation

Bayer Inc. / Viktoria Friedrich, Country President and General Manager - Pharmaceutical Division

Registration Information

In-house Corporation name: Bayer Inc.
Responsible Officer Name: Viktoria Friedrich, Country President and General Manager - Pharmaceutical Division 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2005-08-19
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 955828-4969

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 29

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 1

Version 1 of 27 (2005-08-19 to 2006-03-03)

Version 1 of 27 (2005-08-19 to 2006-03-03) 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.

A. Information about Responsible Officer and Corporation

Corporation: Bayer Inc.
77 Belfield Road
Toronto, ON  M9W 1G6
Canada
Telephone number: 416-248-3000
Fax number: 416-240-5292  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Philip Blake, President and CEO  
Description of activities: Bayer Inc. ("Bayer") is a Canadian subsidiary of Bayer AG, an international research-based group with core businesses in health care, crop science, and innovative materials.Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Bayer Inc. operates the Bayer Group's HealthCare and MaterialScience businesses in Canada. Bayer CropScience Inc., headquartered in Calgary, Alberta operates as a separate legal entity in Canada. Together, the companies play a vital role in improving the quality of life for Canadians - producing products that fight diseases, protecting crops and animals, and developing high-performance materials for applications in numerous areas of daily life.
 
Parent: The corporation is not a subsidiary of any other parent corporations.
Coalition The corporation is not a member of a coalition.
Subsidiary: The corporation does not have any subsidiaries that could be affected by the outcome of the undertaking.
Other direct interests The corporation's activities are not controlled or directed by another individual, organization or corporation with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.
 
Was the corporation funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? No
 

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Corporation

Name: Daniel Apel
Position title: Chief Financial Officer
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Habib Dable
Position title: Acting Head - Biological Products Division
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Jacqueline DeGagne
Position title: Head - Law and Patents
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Ben Faienza
Position title: Director - Federal Affairs and Pricing
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Ron Folk
Position title: Manager - Finance and Controlling, H.C. Stark Division
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Stefan Freeman
Position title: Head - Animal Health Division
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Carol Gilmurray
Position title: Head - H.C. Stark Division
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Doug Grant
Position title: Head - Public Policy and Communications
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Grant Gunn
Position title: Director - Public Policy, Ontario
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Greg Hogan
Position title: Director - Taxation
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Gord Johnston
Position title: Head - Human Resources
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Michele Kay
Position title: Manager - Regulatory Affairs, Consumer Care Division
Public offices held: Yes
 
Name: Bruce Kilmer
Position title: Manager - Regulatory Affairs/Product Development, Animal Health Division
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Michael Kruft
Position title: BPU Manager, H.C. Stark Division
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Reine Larose
Position title: Director - Public Policy, Quebec
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Malcolm Lawson
Position title: HES&Q Specialist, H.C. Stark Division
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Trevor MacLeod
Position title: Plant Manager, H.C. Stark Division
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Russ Newsome
Position title: Head - Diabetes Care Division
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Manoj Saxena
Position title: Director - Regulatory Affairs, Pharmaceuticals Division
Public offices held: Yes
 
Name: Thomas Segerson
Position title: Vice-President, Medical and Scientific Affairs, Pharmaceuticals Division
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Ernie Springnolo
Position title: Country Representative - Bayer MaterialScience
Public offices held: No
 
Name: LouAnne Tesch
Position title: Director - Quality Assurance
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Janet Thompson-Mar
Position title: Director - Strategic Partnerships, Biological Products Division
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Nino Totino
Position title: Acting Head - Diagnostics Division
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Don Wilson
Position title: Director - Technical Services/ Sales, Animal Health Division
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Peter Wyles
Position title: Head - Consumer Care Division
Public offices held: No
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Pension Commission (CPC), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Competition Tribunal (CT), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec (FORD[Q]), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Grain Transportation Agency (GTA), Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), National Energy Board (NEB), National Film Board (NFB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Pension Appeals Board (PAB), Privy Council Office (PCO), Procurement Review Board of Canada (PRB), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Service Staff Relations Board (PSSRB), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Agriculture, Consumer Issues, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Fisheries, Forestry, Government Procurement, Health, Industry, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Trade, Labour, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance, Transportation
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: No activity since June 2005 when requirement for filing arose.
Subject Matter: Prospective: All Bills, Resolutions, Legislation, Policies or Programs related to matters of Human Health, Animal Health, and Material Sciences.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Legislative Proposal Bayer Inc. has a number of subject matters related to our health care (animal health, biologicals, consumer care, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals) and material science businesses. These include policies, programs, legislation, regulations in the following areas: Food and Drugs Act, Patent Act, Assisted Human Reproduction Act, Canadian Environmental Protection Act, Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, Competition Act, Canada Labour Code, Energy Policy, Transportation Policy, Recyling and Waste Management Initiatives, and Progress towards implementation of the Kyoto Protocol.




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