Ms.Joy L. McElroy

Area Of Expertise : Clinical Diagnositics; Pharma and Drugs; Biotech
20 Years Of Experience
Training Industry : Life Sciences

Upon earning a degree in Zoology at North Carolina State University, Joy began working in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries in 1992 at Pharmacia & UpJohn performing Environmental Monitoring and Sterility Testing.  Her work allowed her to move into a supervisory role at Abbott Laboratories where she oversaw the Quality Control Lab.  In 1998 Joy moved to Wyeth Lederle and worked in Quality Assurance, performing GMP Compliance audits, batch record reviews, and holding annual GMP training for new employees. After working in Quality Assurance for a few years, Joy moved into Equipment Qualification and Cleaning Validation at Mallinckrodt.

With 19 years of experience as a consultant, and over 25 years total experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, Joy has gained extensive knowledge of Quality Assurance, Technical Writing, Process and Cleaning Validation, and Equipment Qualification and Computer System Validation and Part 11 Compliance. She has written and executed Equipment Qualifications and Validation Protocols for numerous Companies such as Mallinckrodt, Wyeth Lederle, Merck, BioMerieux, Catalent, and Biotest, Novartis, Imprimis, Cody Laboratories, and Xceilence.

Her knowledge, experience, have made her a highly sought-after engineer, technical writer, and trainer in both the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.  Joy specializes in Equipment Qualification, Cleaning Validation, and GMP Compliance Auditing, and technical writing, and GMP, Audit Preparation, and SOP writing training, Computer System Validation and Part Compliance.

In 2019 she opened her own company, McElroy Training and Consultancy, LLC which provides consultants for various projects as well as on and off - site training to pharmaceutical and biotech companies throughout the United States.

 

Joy also spends her time mentoring and speaking as an Empowerment Speaker. Her goal is to empower people all over the world to live their dreams though implementing 5 simple techniques she has learned and applied through the years.

 

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Free Webinar

Analytical Equipment Qualifications, Writing IQ, OQs, and PQs

This training program will list the documents required for equipment qualification and process validation and discuss how to manage documents appropriately. Attendees will gain insight into best practices for writing and maintaining a Validation Master Plan (V ...

  • Intermediate
  • 90 Mins
Recorded Webinar

Adverse Event Reporting and Product Recalls

This training program will provide the regulatory requirements for complaint handling in the pharmaceutical & medical device industries. The course will touch on complaint sources and details will be furnished on the interrelationships regarding complaint hand ...

  • Intermediate
  • 75 Mins
Recorded Webinar

QSR-Compliant Equipment Control & Validation of Processes in the Manufacturing Environment

This training program will list the documents required for equipment qualification and process validation and discuss how to manage documents appropriately. Attendees will gain insight into best practices for writing and maintaining a Validation Master Plan (V ...

  • Intermediate
  • 90 Mins
Recorded Webinar

Technical Writing for the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Biotech Industries

This technical writing training program will offer attendees an understanding of how the reporting process supports products in research, development, and in the marketplace. This virtual session will highlight the mandates for documentation set forth by the r ...

  • Intermediate
  • 90 Mins
Free Webinar

FDA Quality System Regulation - Guidelines on Validating Analytical Methods and Processes

In this webinar you will learn the FDA’s expectations of analytical equipment qualification along with the development of a sound process validation program in order to develop and implement bulletproof solutions that are accepted, effective, and efficient. We ...

  • Intermediate
  • 90 Mins
On-Demand Webinar

Manufacturing Quality Agreements- Qualifying Suppliers & Managing Quality in FDA-Regulated Industries

After attending the 75 minute webinar, you will be able to: Identify FDA regulations and new guidance regarding quality agreements Utilize tips to help you manage quality agreements effectively Review the pitfalls to avoid when developing your program Or ...

  • Basic & Intermediate
  • 75 Mins
On-Demand Webinar

Auditing and Qualifying Suppliers and Vendors - An Effective Risk Based Approach

The various regulatory agencies have expectations that suppliers and vendors will demonstrate control over their manufacturing processes, validations, and documentation. Quality auditing is the process of checking whether these organizations have implemented w ...

  • Basic & Intermediate & Advanced
  • 90 Mins
Recorded Webinar

Writing Validation Master Plans:Best Practices for Writing a Compliant Document

This webinar will discuss the major components of Validation Master Plans. It will discuss how the VMP is different from Validation SOPs. Various regulatory requirements for Validation Master Plans will be discussed as well as effective guidelines for authori ...

  • Basic & Intermediate
  • 90 Mins
Recorded Webinar

Environmental Monitoring for Pharmaceutical Clean Rooms

This webinar will discuss various broad and critical aspects of an effective EM program such as the Phases of a cleanroom EM Program, Pre-Monitoring of a Cleanroom prior to Facility Validation, Facility Validation, Implementation of Routine EM using Facility V ...

  • Basic & Intermediate & Advanced
  • 90 Mins
Recorded Webinar

Risk Based Approach to Auditing Quality Suppliers and Vendors

The various regulatory agencies have expectations that pharmaceutical manufacturers will demonstrate control over their manufacturing processes, validations, and documentation. Quality auditing is the process of checking whether these organizations have implem ...

  • Basic & Intermediate & Advanced
  • 90 Mins