John Greiss

John Greiss

Associate, Health

Contact Information

jgreiss@osler.com

tel: 416.862.6716

Office

Toronto

Bar Admission

Ontario, 2018

Education

University of Toronto, LLM

University of Alberta, JD

University of Alberta, BScPharm

Language(s)

English

John is an associate in the Health Group of our Toronto office. He provides advice on compliance matters involving healthcare businesses, facilities and regulated health professionals and helps businesses work within provincial college regulatory frameworks surrounding ownership requirements, conflicts of interest, cross-border practice, revenue-sharing arrangements and other healthcare compliance concerns. He also advises on healthcare professional engagements with industry through research, consulting and advisory board agreements.

John also has experience providing product marketing, regulation and strategic compliance advice to manufacturers, distributors and retailers of food and beverage, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, cosmetics, consumer products, hazardous or dangerous goods and other regulated products and advises clients on a wide variety of regulatory and marketing issues, including licensing, packaging and labelling, product claims and advertising, recalls, facility inspections and other product safety issues.

Prior to joining Osler, John worked as a licensed retail and hospital pharmacist in Ontario and Alberta. He then worked for the Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board. He continues to be an actively licensed pharmacist in Ontario.

  • Fusion Pharmaceuticals

    Fusion Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition by AstraZeneca

  • *Prior to joining Osler:

    • Designed, led, advised, and managed a major recall of medical devices in Canada
    • Designed and implemented a regulatory compliance audit program for a national pharmacy chain
    • Led and provided strategic guidance to a major US clothing retailer launching online sales in Canada
    • Successfully advocated to Health Canada regarding allegations of non-compliance regarding a national B2B distributor's online sale of pesticides
    • Advised a major BNPL company on expanding its services to a wide range of healthcare providers
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Co-author, “Life Sciences Commercialisation in Canada: Overview”, Thomson Reuters, November 2023

Co-author, “Life Sciences Regulation in Canada: Overview”, Thomson Reuters, November 2023

Author, “Pharmaceutical Advertising (Canada)”, International Comparative Law Group, 2021

Author, “Pharmaceutical Antitrust - Canada”, Lexology Getting the Deal Through, 2021

Author, “Canada”, Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property and Competition Law Review, 2021

Author, “How Canada is streamlining the food supply chain”, The Lawyer’s Daily, April 2020

Author, “Pharmaceutical Advertising (Canada)”, International Comparative Law Group, 2020

Author, “Pharmaceutical Antitrust - Canada”, Lexology Getting the Deal Through, 2020

Author, “Canada”, Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property and Competition Law Review, 2020