Roland Alvarez

Roland is an experienced pharmacist and regulatory expert with more than 12 years of experience with international pharmaceutical companies. His experience includes his role at the Colombian Regulatory Agency INVIMA, where he was the lead GMP inspector across Latin American and Asian markets. Roland is an expert in GMP and GLP legislation for phyto-therapeutic and allopathic medicines and held membership in the Colombian national committee which developed the country’s GLP and GMP for natural medicines. Roland’s role at Avicanna involves technical leadership in the company’s API manufacturing and quality assurance at a global level. Over the past 5 years, Roland has also led the development and execution of Avicanna’s regulatory and compliance strategies in addition to supporting the company’s pharmaceutical and cosmetic production based in Colombia.