Roxana Mercado

Roxana Mercado has extensive experience in quality assurance and quality systems management. Roxana currently serves as the Quality Systems Director at BioTissue. Prior to that, they worked as the Quality Assurance Manager at FUJIFILM Dyosinth Biotechnologies and as a QA/QC/Quality Systems Compliance Consultant. Roxana has also held roles at axogen, ALKU, Pharmacyclics, Allergan Biosciences Lab, Kraft General Foods, Catalent Pharma Solutions, and Schering Plough/Abbraxis Pharma. With a focus on maintaining and improving quality systems, Roxana has managed various aspects such as CAPA, deviation, change control, and documentation control. Roxana has also been involved in compliance with regulatory standards and leading teams to address consent decree observations.

Roxana Mercado completed their Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, General from the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Campus, from 1979 to 1983. Roxana also pursued Biology/Biological Sciences, General at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. Additionally, they obtained a certification in Good Clinical Practices (GCP) from The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in May 2021.