Rachel C. Harrington U.S. FDA

Rachel Harrington started her career with FDA in 2008 as an Investigator with the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) in the Baltimore District Office. She received her Level III Drug Certification and became a member of the Pharmaceutical Inspectorate in 2011. Rachel transitioned into the position of District Drug Specialist in 2012, where she continued to perform domestic and international drug inspections. In 2014, Rachel accepted a Supervisory Investigator position with ORA’s newly formed GDUFA organization. After supervising a team of drug investigators for two years, Rachel went to ORA headquarters in 2016 where she was a member of the Medical Products and Tobacco Policy Staff within the Office of Strategic Planning and Operational Policy. In late 2018 she began a year-long detail working on the New Inspection Protocol Project (NIPP) for the Assistant Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco Operations before joining the Office of Medical Products and Tobacco Operations in late 2019.