Adjunct Professor Frank Hallinan

Frank Hallinan PhD  is a biopharmaceutical operations expert with many years industry and Regulatory Agency experience.  He is the founder owner of Quality System Support a consultancy focused on providing support to pharmaceutical companies in the Quality Systems area.   Frank graduated in Biochemistry from UCC, Ireland and received his PhD from the University of Southampton, UK.   After some years in biomedical research Frank worked with Schering-Plough in development, quality and regulatory functions for over 11 years. He was CEO of the Irish Medicines Board from1998-2002 during which period he was responsible for a number of new developments within the Agency including its taking responsibility as national competent authority for medical devices.  He joined Wyeth Biopharma in 2002 to head-up the Quality Unit at its new Grange Castle  facility and moved onto work in Pfizer Corporate Quality in Collegeville, PA for a period before starting Quality System Support in 2012.