Aidan J. Harrington, PhD DPS Group

Aidan Harrington is a Principal Consultant with DPS Group based in Cork, Ireland who has worked in the Biopharmaceutical Industry since 1992. He is a graduate of University College Cork with a BSc in Microbiology, a PhD in Molecular Biology and is a Qualified Lead Auditor. He worked in QA, Validation and Engineering roles at Schering-Plough, now MSD, a biological API and fill finish facility for 7 years prior to joining DPS Group, a global consulting, engineering and construction company in 1999. He has been a Project Manager and Consultant on multiple pharmaceutical manufacturing facility designs, C&Q programs and start-ups, in addition to auditing of facilities as part of pre-inspection readiness programs. He is the principle regulatory / cGMP design consultant for the DPS group supporting new pharmaceutical manufacturing facility designs from concept studies to start-ups and operational readiness. Since Nov 2019, Aidan has worked as Program Manger with responsibility for operational readiness for a start up Cell Therapy facility.

Aidan is President of the PDA Ireland Chapter