Your Journey is Our Passion

Pathway is here to support your career journey from beginning to end. Your impact for the patients counting on you depends upon your passion to continue learning and growing.
Let us guide you in the way that is most helpful for you, in your career and in your life, right now.
Live Events: Check out upcoming live events on this page to have an opportunity to join global experts and thought leaders on topics that are important to you!
Recorded Resources and Tools: Forward thinking resources are provided below to help you advance your organization.
Certifications: Accelerate your career pathway with agility, awareness, and competence through the certification options we have for you. [Certifications]
Global Quality Operations Forum: Join a network of your global peers to gain insight on successful quality operations in this age of rapid innovation! [Quality Operations Forum]
“It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.”
Town Hall
Meet Dr. Michelle Tarver, newly appointed Acting Center Director of CDRH
Marla Phillips interviewed FDA's Dr. Jeff Shuren and Dr. Michelle Tarver. It was an excellent opportunity to get to know the new leader of CDRH, and gain insight on what to expect as the role transitions from Jeff to Michelle.
Thank you to our partners for helping to spread the word for this collaborative event!
Resources
The Pathway Quality Operations Forum hosted a complimentary meeting on “Complaint Management Challenges and Innovation” as part of its External Intelligence series.
Our expert speakers Kate Gillespie (J&J) and Mike Salem (Gilead) shared innovative approaches to complaint management that enable you to protect the patients who are counting on you.
—> Access the Video Recording and Slides!
Join Failure Investigations expert, Marla Phillips, to learn how to conduct and write investigations. Failures shut down your operations, cost money and waste precious time. Learn how to conduct failure investigations in a way that prevents recurrence, so your company can get products to the patients who are counting on you! In this session, Phillips shares real world scenarios, tools and techniques that you can start using today!
—> Access the Video Recording and Slides
The Quality Operation Forum’s 2nd Quarter External Intelligence meeting focused on insights into FDA’s FY23 inspection data and innovative approaches to address gaps for the betterment of patients around the world. Insights were shared by Mary Farbman (Merck), Marla Phillips (Pathway), Shannon Hoste (Pathway) and Kyle McCracken (Boston Scientific). Several of the panelists have former FDA backgrounds.
—> Access the Video Recording and Slides
The success of your organization depends on continuous improvement, especially when you are faced with challenges that prevent your employees from doing their best…every day. Employee feedback is invaluable, and yet it is so often ignored because it can be overwhelming.
Learn how to use a cool tool that we created during a recent Quality Operations Forum meeting. This tool provides a transparent way to capture ideas, and has employees use the risk ranking system to appropriately prioritize the ideas and take action.
—> Access the Video Recording and Slides
Kim Trautman, former FDA and Internationally renowned expert and Jodi McCann, Head of Quality, Cook Medical Australia came together to share insights on MDCG Guidances, Challenges in Inspection Approaches, and Real Inspection Experiences.
—>Access the Video Recording and Slides
—> If you are a Site or Corporate Quality Officer, you are invited to join the Quality Operations Forum.
Eric Henry (King & Spalding, Senior Quality & Regulatory Compliance Advisor for FDA and Life Sciences and International Expert) provided an overview of the transition from QSR to QMSR. Topics covered ranged from “Why ISO 13485” to “What is the role of Risk Management?”
Access the Video Recording and Slides
Covid shutdown caught us off-guard for how to lead our operations through extreme emergency conditions - on every front. We hosted a live meeting to share a model and tools on how to vary implementation of your Quality Management System across the total product lifecycle!
Initiative: Input from this discussion was inlcuded in the Fit-for-Purpose Initiative that was chartered by the Chief Quality Officer Team
Tools: Check out the Final Report and Tools available for you to use!
As part of the Adaptability and Agility Maturity Model chartered by the Chief Quality Officer Team, we led a live meeting to explore the role and impact of Quality across the maturity continuum.
Recording: access the Video Recording Here (20 minutes)
Initiative: Check out the Maturity Initiatve insights!
Steve Niedelman (King & Spalding, and former FDA Deputy Associate Commissioner) joined Marla Phillips (Pathway, and former Merck) in this highly engaging webinar on Inspection Readiness. Participants joined breakout rooms and shared ideas in chatbox discussions while Steve and Marla “entertained” them with role plays that drove key takeaways!
Recording: access the Video Recording
Slides: access the Slides
Badge: Want more? We developed an entire Badge on Inspection Readiness. Check it out!
We gained great insight together on the top 3 threats to your quality management system. Forum Members analyzed FDA’s published findings across pharma, device and biologics and joined a discussion with the Chief Quality Officer Team.
Recording: Access the Video Recording
Part of Building your personal brand is understanding how to portray yourself on a professional networking site, and why. Through this series, you will learn how to make the most of LinkedIn, what to do, and what not to do! Access the Series

“Wherever You Go, There You Are.”
So Let’s Go Far. Together!
Questions? If you have any questions, or need help, please contact Michelle.Rich@Pathway4PH.org.