Meg McCarthy has worked as a GMP and Regulatory Consultant since 1998. She qualified with a BSc from UCC in 1990 and an MSc from UCG in 1992 and completed the QP course at Trinity. Meg has had a variety of Quality and Regulatory positions in Abbott, Hovione, Pfizer ,Schering Plough, Kinnerton (now Ipsen Dublin) Irotec Laboratories (now Cambrex) and Nycomed (now GE Healthcare). Meg has worked as a consultant/contractor for numerous companies including Stryker Ireland, PharmaChemical Ireland (part of IBEC), Aventis Pharma, Astellas, Klinge Pharma, Novartis, Corden PharmChem, Helsinn, Elan, Biovail, Akros Pharma, Ipsen Ireland, Pfizer, Moderna, Kwyoa Kirin, and Schering Plough (Merck). Meg is non-executive director of the Board of New Vistas Healthcare, who manufacture homeopathic products in Limerick.
Meg has worked for Abbott, Takeda, Organon, Bayer, Guerbet, Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Acorn Regulatory in purely regulatory roles.