Senior Director, Global Regulatory Sciences, Vaccines CMC
Pfizer, Inc.
Cary, North Carolina, United States
Rich has over 25 years of CMC Regulatory Affairs with positions of increasing responsibility with GSK, PDL Biopharma, Wyeth and currently with Pfizer as a senior director for vaccines CMC regulatory affairs. Rich currently leads a team supporting the development of vaccines for the prevention of Sars-CoV-2 (Covid 19), C. Difficile, RSV, Group B Streptococcus, and Influenza. During the pandemic, he was one of the global leaders responsible for developing the BioNtech/Pfizer mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine.
Rich has been an educator and guest speaker at various industry seminars and forums including The World Vaccine Congress, CASSS WCBP Conference, Academy for Institutional Investors, IBC Life Sciences, Regulatory Affairs Professional Society, and several other organizations. Rich is also the Author of CMC Regulatory Affairs 101: What does CMC Regulatory Affairs Do? (American Pharmaceutical Outsourcing: Nov./Dec. 2007), and a contributing reviewer for the 5th edition of Fundamentals of US Regulatory Affairs..
Rich received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from NC State University. Rich is a 7-Time Ironman Triathlon finisher and was a division one swimmer for NC State University. When not working on vaccine development, he enjoys playing golf and spending quality time at the beach with his family.
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET