Meghan Johnston

Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Associate Director, Global Regulatory Affairs, CMC
Meghan Johnston is an Associate Director in Global Regulatory Affairs CMC at Vertex Pharmaceuticals with over 15 years of experience in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry. She holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and began her career at Vertex in Analytical Development before moving into Global Regulatory Affairs CMC. Meghan was an integral part of developing the pediatric strategy for the Kalydeco granules marketing applications in both Analytical Development and Regulatory Affairs. Recently, Meghan led the preparation of the Symdeko marketing applications, which includes a drug product continuous manufacturing process and real time release testing strategy. Meghan continues to develop innovative global regulatory strategies for quality by design and continuous manufacturing approaches for breakthrough medicines to treat adult and pediatric patients.