Melissa El Khouri BioCina Adelaide

Melissa El Khouri is BioCina Adelaide’s Head of Quality. Melissa drives for right-sized quality processes, to maintain the highest quality standards and cost-effective service. Melissa has over 14 years of experience in Quality, including previous roles at Hospira and Pfizer.

With a background in Pharmaceutical/Chemical Engineering and a Masters in Engineering Management, her strong engineering and validation technical skills support her quality decision making and support of management of BioCina’s CDMO client portfolio.

Melissa has experience in designing and managing quality management systems that meet the regulatory requirements of highly regulated markets including, but not limited to, USFDA, EMA and the Australian TGA.

Melissa managed a successful USFDA Pre-Approval Inspection (PAI) in 2019, that resulted in a product approval in 2020.

Melissa is also a volunteer and active committee member of the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) Australian chapter.