Senior Partner · The Bracken Group

Marilyn Julien

Global Regulatory CMC Consultant

Regulatory CMC strategist with 25+ years across biologics and small molecule programs — from a first-in-human IND through post-approval lifecycle management, on both sides of the Atlantic.

25+
Years in Regulatory CMC
30+
Years in Pharma
1–4
Clinical Phases Covered
3
Languages
 

Executive Summary

Marilyn Julien is a global regulatory CMC specialist with more than 25 years directing chemistry, manufacturing, and controls strategy for biologics and small molecule products. She began at Schering-Plough Research Institute as an analytical development scientist, validating chromatographic methods for drug substances and finished dosage forms, then moved into regulatory affairs — a path that lets her read a development report and a health authority question with equal fluency.

Her industry record spans Celgene, ImClone Systems, Bayer HealthCare, Kedrion Biopharma, and BeiGene. At Celgene she was the company’s first and only regulatory CMC manager for biologics, independently carrying a portfolio of monoclonal antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, fusion proteins, and gene therapy, and leading the company through its first biologics IND from the pre-IND meeting package to the Study May Proceed letter. At Kedrion she guided a Phase 4 comparability protocol for a plasma-derived bulk drug substance technology transfer, from initial strategy through FDA approval. At BeiGene she built global regulatory CMC strategy for early development biologics and set the Module 3 templates behind their INDs, IMPDs, and CTAs.

As a Senior Partner at Bracken, Marilyn develops global regulatory CMC strategy and oversees regulatory documentation across dosage forms, for innovative and generic products at every stage of development. Clients engage her when a program needs CMC documentation that anticipates what the agency will ask — before the question arrives as an information request, a phase-inappropriate comment, or a clinical hold.

 

Areas of Expertise

Regulatory CMC Strategy

Global CMC development strategy for innovative and generic products, small molecule and biologic, across every dosage form and stage of development.

IND, IMPD & CTA Submissions

Authoring, coordination, and compilation of investigational dossiers and their amendments for FDA and ex-US health authorities, plus the CMC section of briefing documents.

eCTD Module 3 Authoring

Module 3 template design and implementation, NDA and BLA quality sections, DMFs, and the training of technical teams on eCTD structure and US submission standards.

Comparability Protocols & Amendments

Comparability protocols for commercial products and comparability amendments for development products, including technology transfer of bulk drug substance through approval.

FDA & EMA Meetings

Type B and Type C meeting packages, EMA scientific advice, and the strategy and content of responses to health authority questions and information requests.

Drug Lifecycle Management

Post-approval change control and regulatory disposition, supplements and EU variations, annual reports, and assessment of manufacturing changes for global filing impact.

 

Career History

2022 – Present
Senior Partner
The Bracken Group dba Bracken Data, Inc.
2021 – 2022
Director, Regulatory Affairs CMC — Biologics Early Development
BeiGene
2020 – 2021
Associate Director, Global Regulatory Affairs
Kedrion Biopharma
2019 – 2020
Associate Director, Global Regulatory CMC — Small Molecules
Bayer HealthCare
2009 – 2018
Associate Director, Global Regulatory Affairs CMC
Celgene Corporation
2007 – 2009
Senior Manager → Associate Manager, Regulatory Affairs — CMC
ImClone Systems, Inc.
2005 – 2007
Manager, Regulatory Affairs
Kyowa Pharmaceutical, Inc.
2000 – 2005
Associate Manager → Regulatory Associate, Worldwide Regulatory Affairs — CMC
Schering-Plough Research Institute
1995 – 2000
Scientist, Analytical Development — Product Quality Review
Schering-Plough Research Institute

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