Paul Edson Johnson & Johnson

Paul Edson’s career in the healthcare industry began as an Investigator for the US FDA in New Jersey’s District office. While in the FDA Paul participated in both Medical Device and Pharmaceutical inspections, including the inspections of Barr laboratories that ultimately resulted in the landmark Barr Decision. After leaving the FDA, Paul was employed by Hoffmann-La Roche prior to working for Johnson & Johnson. For the past 20 years, Paul has assumed a number of Quality and Compliance leadership roles within Johnson & Johnson’s family of companies. Paul is currently a member of J&J’s Global Quality & Compliance Leadership Team as the VP of Johnson & Johnson’s Regulatory Compliance function. This includes responsibility for the Compliance programs within our Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, Biologics, OTC and Consumer product businesses. Among the responsibilities of the role is the creation and management of the J&J Policy/Standards and the worldwide regulatory compliance oversight, auditing and inspectional activities for the J&J corporation.