Anne Tomalin, BA, BSc

Regulatory Affairs

Anne Tomalin founded CanReg Inc. in September 1996. After nine years, CanReg now has close to 100 employees, and is one of the most successful regulatory consulting firms in Canada.
Anne has a great deal of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to founding CanReg, Anne was employed for 20 years with Searle Canada, a unit of Monsanto Canada Inc., as Business Unit Director. Responsibilities in the last several years at Searle included regulatory affairs, provincial government, reimbursement strategies, managed care, customer interface, and legal and information services. Prior to joining Searle, Anne was employed by Hoffmann-LaRoche Limited for three years. Prior to Roche, Anne was employed for three years by Wyeth Ltd.

Anne has participated in the Regulatory Initiatives Advisory Committee for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada (PMAC). She has also served on the executive of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Group (PSG) and the Canadian Association of Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs (CAPRA). In Canada, Anne has also chaired the Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario Committees for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada (PMAC), now Rx&D, and she has worked with the Nova Scotia Department of Health to revamp their drug formulary.

Anne is also engaged in teaching several regulatory courses to industry, including in-house training courses for several large companies.

Anne is a graduate of York University, and holds a B.A. degree in English (1970) and a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry (1980). Anne has received a Regulatory Affairs Certification from the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society for US Regulatory Affairs (1997), European Regulatory Affairs (2001) and Canadian Regulatory Affairs (2005).