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Orion GXP Consulting Limited was founded in 2021 to provide contract QA, QP, RP and RPi services and consultancy support such as training and expert knowledge to pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution clients.

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Charley Maxwell

Managing Director & Consultant QP

Charley has an MSc in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology and has over 25 years of experience in the Irish and UK Pharmaceutical and medical device industry. He is a subject matter expert in local EU and UK country-specific import, licensing and distribution requirements.​ He is also a Qualified Person as per Article 48 and a Responsible Person as per Article 79 of Directive 2001/83/EC. Charley has extensive consulting experience where he has assisted Irish, UK and European companies in setting up Quality Management Systems, qualifying their vendors, conducting detailed gap analyses and risk assessments and obtaining essential MIA and WDA licences to manufacture, import and distribute their products in Europe and the UK.

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Nirmal Kaur Tarry

Associate Director, Senior Consultant RP/RPi

Nirmal has a BSc Honours in Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Sciences ( Drug Delivery) and is an experienced Quality professional with over Fifteen years of experience in Technical oversight of GMP and GDP pharmaceutical Quality operations. She is the UK Associate Director and previously held the role of Commercial Quality Assurance Manager with a UK generics company. She is highly quality-focused with great attention to detail, experienced in formulation development with a strong scientific background, familiar with a variety of dosage forms and processes. She possesses a sound knowledge of GLP, GMP and GDP and is familiar with the regulatory requirements of the MHRA and HPRA. She has a strong GXP background, having worked in a variety of validation, audit and supervisor roles within the industry.

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Savanna Edmiston

Manager / Consultant RP/RPi/QP

Savanna is an experienced and detail-oriented quality assurance leader with over 14 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Passionate about quality and ensuring life-changing medicines reach patients safely. She currently holds the role of Manager/Consultant RP/RPi with Orion Consulting, having previously held the role of QA Manager and Responsible Person for Proveca Pharma Ltd. This pharmaceutical company specialises in the development and licensing of off-patent medicines to address unmet medical needs for children. She is also QP eligible, has excellent knowledge of GMP and GDP, and is familiar with the regulatory requirements of both the MHRA and HPRA. She possesses strong technical abilities and exceptional problem-solving skills.

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Patricia Grimes 

Associate Director, Senior Consultant RP/QP

Patricia is our Associate Director and Senior Consultant in Ireland and heads up GMP and GDP operations for our multinational Irish clients. In her role, she has built a strong relationship with the compliance team in the HPRA, acquiring and maintaining licenses and authorisations, including WDA, GDP Cert, MIA and MIA-IMP, GMP Cert, ASR, CD, and FMA (Japan).  She has a Passion for Quality and the Pharmaceutical World, with a particular interest in Supply Chain. This has provided job satisfaction as she works to mitigate risk and deliver medicine to patients that meets the highest levels of quality, safety and efficacy. 

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Anne Johnston

Consultant Qualified Person

Anne joined Orion GXP Consulting from AbbVie Westport where she was in charge of releasing aseptically filled Botox. She now works on releases for Clinical Trial IMPs, commercial products and veterinary products for a number of our key accounts. She performs audits of contract CDMO service providers and completes QP declarations for non-EU entities. She also assists on other consulting projects by providing QMS updates, audits, risk assessments, and training.

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Kay Flahive

Consultant Qualified Person

Kay has over 30 years of experience in senior Quality roles in Sterile Pharmaceutical manufacturing and Biotechnology companies in Ireland. She is our analytical and Microbiology specialist and is also a Clinical QP for one of our key accounts. Kay is an experienced auditor and GMP/GDP trainer and is able to complete audit and training projects across the different disciplines within the Pharmaceutical and Biotech industries.

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Andrew Keighley

Consultant Manager / RP/RPi

Andrew is a strong leader with over 12 years of experience developing high-quality, focused teams to achieve strategic objectives and drive organisational success. He has a proven track record of identifying and implementing innovative solutions, fostering cross-functional collaboration and delivering results within the pharmaceutical industry. 

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Max Trebilcock

Associate Consultant Regulatory

Max is an all-around medical device, GDP, regulatory affairs, QMS, and licencing specialist, as well as a responsible person for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and cosmetics. He specialises in short-term business improvement, resilience and remediation projects where our clients need a Quality Management and Regulatory professional to get involved and deal with QMS, Licensing and resourcing issues that, if left unchecked, could have an adverse or cost impact on our customers. His dedication and professionalism have on many occasions, helped our clients deal with and resolve these types of issues.

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