Bill Kane has joined Almac’s Clinical Technologies division as director of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance. He will be responsible for supporting internal, client, and agency audits, as well as improving internal quality and compliance programs.

Mr. Kane has more than 10 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and an additional five years supporting toxicology laboratories. He joins the company from J&J’s Pharmaceutical Supply Chain organization, where he served as a global IT director, Compliance & Quality Systems for the past 10 years. Mr. Kane has served in various positions involving management of GxP compliance, computer systems validation, system development lifecycle process controls, information security programs, Sarbanes Oxley compliance, and records management programs.

Jim Murphy, president of Clinical Technologies commented, “We are very pleased that Bill Kane has joined Almac. He brings a tremendous amount of industry experience to our firm that will help Almac with the development and application of process excellence tools to identify and correct quality issues more rapidly while streamlining development efforts. Given his background in both cGMP and cGCP compliance, Bill will be particularly valuable in supporting Almac’s integrated technology and drug supply management service offering.”