Management Team
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Melissa Morandi |
Melissa Morandi, vice president of quality assurance, joined Anesiva in 2004 and most recently served as senior director of quality assurance drug and device.
Prior to joining Anesiva, Ms. Morandi held director positions in Quality Assurance and Compliance at Biogen Idec Inc. Previously she spent nine years managing several different Quality departments at Genentech, Inc. including Lot Release, Product Quality and Complaints, Supplier Quality, Contract Manufacturing, Collaborations, and Compliance Auditing. Ms. Morandi also supported product launches and regulatory inspections for Genentech's oncology, cardiac and growth hormone products released during that time frame. Prior to that, she worked at Amgen Inc. in Quality Assurance supporting product launches, new facility preparations for GMP approval, compliance auditing and lot release for EpogenŽ and NeupogenŽ. Before that, Ms. Morandi was employed by the Clinical Laboratory of Saint Francis Hospital, Santa Barbara and Ortho Diagnostics.
She holds a B.A. degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara and a M.S. degree in Immunology from California State University at Northridge.
