Joanne Speed

Ms. Joanne Speed has over fifteen years of experience in the biotech industry with a focus on early-stage drug development and moving development candidates into clinical trials. Ms. Speed also has experience with late-stage candidate development, including being a key contributor to the CMC regulatory package for new drug submissions to U.S. FDA and Health Canada.

She is familiar with and has working experience on many aspects of drug development—from bench-level chemistry, and management of CMC drug substances and drug formulations to regulatory submissions to U.S./Canadian/European drug regulatory agencies. Ms. Speed is also experienced in monitoring clinical studies, and implementation of organization-wide quality systems and SOPs. Ms. Speed received her Honours Bachelor of Science in Biological Chemistry (University of Toronto), Certificate in Biotech Project Management from the University of Washington and University of California, and Clinical Research Associate Certificate from Michener Institute, Toronto, ON.