Members of the Natural Health Products Program Advisory Committee and Working Groups

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Advisory Committee

• Working Group #1 - Standards of Evidence for Non-Traditional Natural Health Products
• Working Group #2 - Product Testing Requirements Connected to Good Manufacturing Practice Requirements for Natural Health Products
• Working Group #3 - Compliance and Enforcement for Natural Health Products

Committee Members

• Dr. Anuradha Bose
  Head, Ottawa Office
  Option consommateurs
• Ms. Paula Brown
  Director
  British Columbia Institute of Technology
• Mr. Carl Carter
  Director, Regulatory Affairs and Policy Development
  Canadian Health Food Association
• Mr. Joseph Chan
  Manager, Regulatory Affairs
  Bayer Inc., Consumer Care
• Mr. Lawrence Cheng
  Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
  Chamber of Chinese Herbal Medicine of Canada
• Ms. Suzanne Gaudette
  Chairperson, Technical Committee
  Canadian Homeopathic Pharmaceuticals Association
• Ms. Barbra J Johnston
  President
  Nature's Formulae Health Products Inc.
• Dr. Katharina Kovacs Burns
  Associate Director, Health Sciences Council
  University of Alberta
  Best Medicines Coalition
• Ms. Manon Lambert
  Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec
  National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities
• Mr. Gary Leong
  Director, Scientific and Technical Affairs
  Jamieson Laboratories Inc.
• Ms. Shawn O'Reilly
  Executive Director
  Director of Government Relations
  Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors
• Mr. Ron Rosenes
  Vice-Chair
  Canadian Treatment Action Council
• Mr. David Skinner
  President
  Consumer Health Products Canada
• Mr. Ron Smith
  Director
  Natural Factors Nutritional Products Inc.
• Ms. Barbara Wells
  Pharmacy Consultant
  Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores

Members of the Working Group on Standards of Evidence for Non-traditional Natural Health Products (Working Group #1)

September 2009 - January 2010

Committee Members

• Ms. Shawn O'Reilly (Co-chair)
  Executive Director
  Director of Government Relations
  Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors
• Mr. Ron Rosenes (Co-chair)
  Vice-Chair
  Canadian Treatment Action Council
• Mr. Carl Carter
  Director, Regulatory Affairs and Policy Development
  Canadian Health Food Association
• Ms. Barbra J Johnston
  President
  Nature's Formulae Health Products Inc.
• Mr. David Skinner
  President
  Consumer Health Products Canada
• Ms. Leah Stephenson
  Coordinator
  Best Medicines Coalition
• Ms. Barbara Wells
  Pharmacy Consultant
  Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores

Not members of the Committee

• Ms. Serenity Aberdour, N.D.
  Manager, Science and Education
  SISU Inc.
• Ms. Roxy Campbell
  Natural Factors Nutritional Products Inc.
• Dr. Peter Jones, Ph.D.
  University of Manitoba
• Ms. Marie Jutras
  Canadian Council of Herbalists Associations
• Dr. Paul Saunders, N.D.
  Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors
• Mr. Brian Wagner
  NHP Consulting Inc.

Members of the Working Group on Product Testing Requirements Connected to Good Manufacturing Practice Requirements for Natural Health Products (Working Group #2)

September 2009 - January 2010

Committee Members

• Ms. Paula Brown (Chair)
  Director
  British Columbia Institute of Technology
• Mr. Carl Carter
  Director, Regulatory Affairs and Policy Development
  Canadian Health Food Association
• Mr. Joseph Chan
  Manager, Regulatory Affairs
  Bayer Inc., Consumer Care
• Mr. Lawrence Cheng
  Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
  Chamber of Chinese Herbal Medicine of Canada
• Ms. Suzanne Gaudette
  Chairperson, Technical Committee
  Canadian Homeopathic Pharmaceuticals Association
• Mr. Gary Leong
  Director, Scientific and Technical Affairs
  Jamieson Laboratories Inc.

Not members of the Committee

• Dr. Steven Dentali, Ph.D.
  Chief Science Officer
  American Herbal Products Association
• Mr. Richard Lenz
  Director, Quality Control and Validation
  Natural Factors Nutritional Products Inc.
• Mr. Bernd Licht
  Manager, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs
  Puresource Inc.
• Mr. William Morkel
  Senior Quality Assurance Expert
  Dicentra Inc.
• Dr. Jon-Paul Powers, Ph.D.
  Director, Scientific Affairs
  Body Plus Nutritional Products Ltd.
• Mr. Colin Watson
  Director, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs and R&D
  Swiss Herbal Remedies Ltd.

Members of the Working Group on Compliance and Enforcement for Natural Health Products (Working Group #3)

January - June 2010

Committee Members

• Ms. Suzanne Gaudette (Chair)
  Chairperson, Technical Committee
  Canadian Homeopathic Pharmaceuticals Association
• Ms. Paula Brown
  Director
  British Columbia Institute of Technology
• Mr. Carl Carter
  Director, Regulatory Affairs and Policy Development
  Canadian Health Food Association
• Mr. Joseph Chan
  Manager, Regulatory Affairs
  Bayer Inc., Consumer Care
• Mr. Lawrence Cheng
  Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
  Chamber of Chinese Herbal Medicine of Canada
• Ms. Barbra J Johnston
  President
  Nature's Formulae Health Products Inc.
• Ms. Manon Lambert
  Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec
  National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities
• Mr. Gary Leong
  Director, Scientific and Technical Affairs
  Jamieson Laboratories Inc.
• Ms. Shawn O'Reilly
  Executive Director
  Director of Government Relations
  Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors
• Mr. Ron Rosenes
  Vice-Chair
  Canadian Treatment Action Council
• Mr. David Skinner
  President
  Consumer Health Products Canada
• Mr. Ron Smith
  Director
  Natural Factors Nutritional Products Inc.
• Ms. Leah Stephenson
  Coordinator
  Best Medicines Coalition
• Ms. Barbara Wells
  Pharmacy Consultant
  Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores