Nadine Younes, Regional Quality and Regulatory Affairs Manager

Nadine Younes

Regional Quality and Regulatory Affairs Manager

Pharmamed

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Doctorat d'excercice en Pharmacie, Pharm D
Experience
10 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 7 Months

Regional Quality and Regulatory Affairs Manager at Pharmamed
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2016 to June 2021

Responsible for the implementation of the Quality Management System (including procedures, processes, internal audits, risk assessment, management review...), the Good Storage and Distribution Practices, the local Code of Ethics, FCPA and UK bribery Act.
Responsible for the management of the regulatory affairs department including follow-up on new projects assessment, new files submission, notification and variation submission, pricing and re-pricing

Reg RA Specialist at Mecapharma Offshore
  • Lebanon
  • September 2015 to October 2016

Handle company and all products registration activities in the MENA region (e.g.: UAE, KSA, Iraq, Tunisia, Kuwait…).
- Ensure compliance to all requirements in target countries.
- Screen regulatory requirements for products and company registration in the target countries.
- Interface between local distributors and manufacturing site/ marketing authorization holder for documents preparation and compliance.
- Make sure all the needed documents and all requirements are fulfilled before dossier submission.
- Follow-up on products and company registration.
- Establishment of efficient quality system.

Production Head at Arwan Pharmaceutical Industries
  • Lebanon
  • February 2014 to August 2015

1- Handling of production and packaging operations through production and packaging personnel in charge
2- Initiation and reviewal of production and packaging documents (Standard operating procedures, Production master formula and Master packaging instructions)
3- Reviewal of production and packaging batch records
4- Insurance of compliance to cGMP in all production and packaging activities
5- Training of staff on internal procedures, and on cGMP requirements especially “Manufacture of sterile medicinal products”
6- Supervision of media fill process including media fill scheduling
7- Follow-up on production equipment calibration and validation
8- Insurance of adherence to aseptic manipulations
9- Insurance of adherence to decontamination/ disinfection program rotation

Quality Assurance Manager at Serum products
  • Lebanon
  • November 2013 to January 2014

1- cGMP training
2- Assurance of cGMP compliance
3- Initiation, reviewal and approval of documents (Standard operating procedures, Production master formula …)
4- Handling of deviations and non-conforming product
5- Performance of customer satisfaction survey

Packaging Supervisor at Arwan Pharmaceutical Industries
  • Lebanon
  • October 2011 to October 2013

1- cGMP compliance
2- Initiation of production and packaging batch records:
a- MFM (Master Formula & Method)
b- MPI (Master Packaging Instructions)
c- MFP (Media Fill Protocol)
3- Initiation of production, packaging and warehouse SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)
4- Packaging process management
5- Warehousing, inventory and stock control
6- Product development (Initiation of technical specifications…)

Community Pharmacist at Pharmacy
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • December 2010 to October 2011

1- Patients advisory and drug information
2- Prescriptions delivery
3- Stock control

Education

Bachelor's degree, Doctorat d'excercice en Pharmacie, Pharm D
  • at Université Saint-Joseph (USJ)
  • June 2010

Specialties & Skills

Insurance
Quality Assurance
Leadership, Time Management, Team Management, Delegation, Proactivity, Determination
GxP Knowledge
Risk Management
Regulatory Affairs, new registration, pricing/repricing, registration maintenance
Lead Auditor

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert

Training and Certifications

Risk Management Professional (Training)
Training Institute:
Formatech
Date Attended:
July 2021
Duration:
30 hours
Lead Auditor (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2019
Lead Auditor (Training)
Training Institute:
Bureau Veritas -ISO Liban
Date Attended:
September 2019
Duration:
30 hours
internal audit (Training)
Training Institute:
iso liban

Hobbies

  • Sports, Jogging, Reading