WAYS of WORKING WAYS Pharmaceutical Services

Vanessa Phillips, Head of Operations at WAYS, and Michelle McGuinness, President and Principal at Pharmaceutical Compliance Partners discuss the content and format of the IND submission. 


Building a content plan
Including vendors in your process
Getting the whole team on the same page

Vanessa and Michelle share practical tips and important considerations as you embark on your first IND project. 

Vanessa Phillips, Head of Operations at WAYS, and Michelle McGuinness, President and Principal at Pharmaceutical Compliance Partners discuss pre-IND interactions with the FDA.


How do you prepare for a pre-IND meeting?
What's in the Pre-IND package?
How do you get the package to the FDA?

Vanessa and Michelle offer strategic insights and operational details that will ensure successful agency interactions leading up to your first IND submission. 

Vanessa Phillips, Head of Operations at WAYS and Michelle McGuinness, President and Principal at Pharmaceutical Compliance Partners discuss budget and resourcing considerations.  


Do you have the internal talent you need? 
Does your team have the right skill sets?
What software do you need to get the job done?

Vanessa and Michelle give you answers to these questions and more!

In this episode, Shannon Heacock, Head of Regulatory Submissions at WAYS Pharmaceutical Services, and Mike Willis, CEO of Tradecraft Clinical Research discuss the planning and production of data submissions.

Shannon brings the regulatory perspective to the conversation while Mike looks at it from the data, programming, and stats view. They cover topics like the most common challenges, risks of noncompliance, and the important role of the Study Data Standardization Plan.

In this episode, Dr. Nancy Smerkanich provides an update from the recent Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meeting. The Advisory Committee Meeting lasted 9 hours and Emergency Use Authorizations continued to be a high priority topic throughout the discussion. 

In this episode, we continue our conversation with Dr. Nancy Smerkanich, Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy. Dr. Smerkanich shares her insights into current Emergency Use Authorizations, how sponsors and the agency are interacting, and the expected pressures of developing, producing and distributing products during the pandemic. (Part 2)