John Greiss
Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
John Greiss provides commercial, regulatory and strategic advice to companies operating in consumer markets and healthcare industries. His consumer and health product clients include national retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers of food, clothing, cosmetics, drugs, supplements, medical devices, pesticides, and electronics. His healthcare clients include national and regional chains of virtual and brick-and-mortar medical clinics, community and specialty pharmacies, dental offices, veterinary clinics, fertility clinics, and retirement homes.
John provides commercial, licensing and transactional support to his clients, and regularly advises clients on marketing and advertising, packaging and labeling, market access and pricing, and product and site licensing. He helps clients draft and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements and helps clients avoid regulatory pitfalls in public and private M&A transactions. John also advises institutions and healthcare professionals to help them meet their regulatory and privacy compliance requirements.
Prior to joining us, 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.
Professional experience
Collapse all- Ontario 2018
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Designed, led, advised, and managed a major recall of medical devices in Canada
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Designed and implemented a regulatory compliance audit program for a national pharmacy chain
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Led and provided strategic guidance to a major US clothing retailer launching online sales in Canada
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Successfully advocated to Health Canada regarding allegations of non-compliance regarding a national B2B distributor's online sale of pesticides
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Advised a major BNPL company on expanding its services to a wide range of healthcare providers
- CIHR Fellowship Award in Health Law, Ethics, and Policy, 2015-2016
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- Ontario College of Pharmacists
- English
News
CBC: John Greiss
December 05, 2020
Insights
Regulatory amendments concerning the sale of cosmetics in Canada
Publication | March 17, 2023
Department of the Environment issues notices regarding toxic substances
Publication | April 21, 2022
Regulatory changes coming for certain products and volatile organic compounds
Publication | April 19, 2022
Client work
TerrAscend completes acquisition of Gage Growth for US$545m
March 10, 2022