Janet Rose Rea
Biotech, Pharma
Ms. Rea, is a consultant for QARA Services, LLC, her own business. She has been active in training and lecturing on a variety of compliance topics.
Ms. Rea, retains her affiliation with the BioMedical Regulatory Affairs Masters and Certificate programs of the University of Washington, Department of Pharmacy, including an Assistant Clinical Professor from 2010 -2012. She has held a the position of Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Quality at Poniard Pharmaceuticals (previously NeoRx), from 2008 – 2010 and AVI BioPharma from 2003 – 2008. She was also a corporate officer for both organizations.
Trained as a public health microbiologist at the University of Washington, Ms. Rea started her career with American Dade Division, American Hospital Supply Corporation in Miami Florida in the microbiology quality assurance group, applying microbiological techniques to improve aseptic processing and reducing product failure. Thereafter, she returned to Seattle, working for Genetic Systems, Immunex – where she played a key role in the approval of the company’s first product, LEUKINE®, MDS Panlabs, and Targeted Genetics. Her diverse experience transcends the product development continuum in a variety of therapeutic areas, especially oncology and rare genetic diseases.
She is a member of two Editorial Advisory Boards, and has lectured extensively as well as published. She received a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and was conferred a Master of Science of Public Health (MSPH) from the University of Washington, Seattle WA.
