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Daniel Kavanagh

Daniel Kavanagh

Daniel Kavanagh is the founder and managing director of Polaris Regulatory, a regulatory CMC consultancy supporting biotech and pharmaceutical companies.

Aug 21, 2026

7:25
Okay, and where did that actually start for you? How did that process start for you? Not the company, but the industry that you're in?
7:34
Yeah, so I just enjoyed studying science in school and, you know, I applied to a couple of different universities, university programs, and I was accepted into a biopharmaceutical course.
7:50
And, you know, I liked biology and the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland is strong, so I figured...
7:55
I'll go down this route.
7:58
And actually, funnily enough, one of the modules was regulatory affairs and I did not enjoy it at all.
8:04
But once I got into industry and I was actually doing it myself, I really found a passion for it.
8:10
And I think within my industry, it's very highly regulated, very highly structured.
11:48
What are some of the things, obviously, over the last 16, 18 months, Dan, of being inside the group? What are some of the things that you've learned or leaned on from the group overall in terms of the meetups, et cetera? And maybe some of the things that you've learned in terms of how you operate yourself.

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