Fred Varela

Fred Varela is an experienced regulatory affairs professional currently serving as Manager of Regulatory Affairs for New Product Development at Cardinal Health since November 2020. Varela has held influential roles including Co-Chairman at the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) from January 2019 to December 2023, and Principal of Regulatory Affairs at Medtronic from August 2019 to December 2020. Prior experience includes a Senior Regulatory Affairs position at Johnson & Johnson focusing on DePuy Synthes and Diabetes Care Companies from January 2016 to December 2019, as well as a Senior Staff role in Regulatory Affairs at BDBD from January 2014 to December 2015. Varela holds a Master of Science in Regulatory Affairs from Northeastern University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from The City College of New York.