Paige E. Kane, PhD Merck & Co. Inc.

Paige Kane PhD, is a Director in the Merck Manufacturing Division, and a member of the MMD Knowledge Management (KM) Center of Excellence, joining in 2016 from Pfizer.  She is an industry leader with over 25 years in biopharmaceutical experience; including Genetics Institute, Wyeth, Pfizer, Monsanto and the US Government spending the past 11 years’ leading KM programs and approaches for the Pharmaceutical Industry.  Prior to her work in KM, Dr. Kane led Quality Systems Groups focusing on Automation Compliance Strategies, Change Control, Document Management, Computer/Equipment Validation and Data Integrity for during operations and new biotechnology facility startups in the US and Ireland. 

Dr. Kane has been a member of the author team for several industry guidance documents (GAMP 5 and Electronic Records and Signature) as well as lead global ISPE Communities of Practice (GAMP and Biotech) and several strategic teams for industry organizations.  Dr. Kane currently Co-leads the ISPE/ PQLI Task Team on Knowledge Management.  She is a co-editor and multi chapter contributor for ‘A Lifecycle Approach to Knowledge Excellence in the Biopharmaceutical Industry’ (2017) and holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science from Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin, Ireland).