Andrew A. Finnerty, BSc, Grad. Dip, MBA Centre for Cell Manufacturing Ireland (CCMI) – REMEDI at NUIG Galway Ireland

Andrew Finnerty is the General Manager for The Centre for Cell Manufacturing Ireland (CCMI) in NUI Galway. He has over 30 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry having worked for Warner Lambert, Schering Plough, Organon and Merck Sharpe and Dohme. He has worked extensively in the areas of quality, development, validation and production and has significant experience in the areas of aseptic manufacturing and operational management. Andrew oversaw the process by which CCMI was the first ever facility in Ireland to be granted a licence from the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) – (formerly the Irish Medicines Board) to manufacture culture-expanded stem cells for human use. He has a degree in Biochemistry and an MBA.