Delsie Braganza

Delsie joined the Focal Point Research team in 2011 and has been an invaluable asset for our clients. With her strong regulatory and quality assurance background, she is able to help clients understand the Canadian and US requirements, set targets to achieve compliance, and attain their goals to get products to market.

Delsie is able to audit facilities, set up and maintain GMP compliant facilities, develop strong quality management systems, and co-ordinate successful Health Canada inspections. In addition to this, Delsie oversees all regulatory compliance reviews and submissions made to Health Canada and the US FDA.

Delsie obtained an Honours Bachelor of Science (Hons. B. Sc.) in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Toronto, Post-Graduate Certificate in Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs and Quality Operations (RAQ) from Seneca College and Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC) from the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society (RAPS).

When she’s not learning something new, Delsie loves spending time with family, going on road trips or long walks, and swimming.

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It’s Kinda A Big Dill: The Basics of Food Regulation in Canada

Dec 20, 2018

An essential part of any day, food is all around us. Accessible from a variety of sources, everywhere from grocery stores to department stores to speciality retailers, if a threat arises, the risk posed to consumers can be grave. Seemingly simple mistakes such...

Reducing Regulatory Burden: Repeal of the Toxics Reduction Act

Dec 20, 2018

An ongoing process for the Ontario government, goals have been made to reduce the “regulatory burden” on both manufacturers and government. Out with the old and in with the new, the government is looking to clean house of regulations that overlap and add seemingly...

Cosmetovigilance: Safety in Cosmetics

Dec 19, 2018

What is Cosmetovigilance? Cosmetovigilance can be described as the careful post-market surveillance of cosmetic products after they have been made available to consumers. More simply put it can be defined as monitoring cosmetic safety. Similarly to the concept of...

Pharmacovigilance: Safety in Drugs

Dec 13, 2018

What is Pharmacovigilance? Pharmacovigilance is defined by the World Health Organization as “the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problem”. In simpler terms,...

In with the New Out with the Old: Acne Therapy and other Monographs Under Review

Dec 5, 2018

When developing a product that requires market authorization, either by way of a DIN (drug identification number) or an NPN (natural product number), product monographs are essential documents provided by Health Canada that layout mandatory label information. These...

Left Out in the Cold: CBD as a Drug alongside Recreational Cannabis Legalization

Nov 28, 2018

The cousin of the cannabinoid family that sits alone in the corner, cannabidiol (CBD) is a relatively silent member in the recreational cannabis legalization family. The non-psychoactive counterpart to THC, this compound had a much lower profile until recently. Before...

FDA proposes 40-year-old allergen survey to Gather Consumer Information

Nov 21, 2018

Anywhere you go its hard to not come across some form of cosmetic product. Imagine yourself as a consumer looking to purchase a tube of red lipstick. There are more than a dozen brands capable of providing you with a vast selection for such a simple request. With a...

Innovation meets Beauty Savvy: 5 Cosmetic Trends to Watch

Nov 7, 2018

1. Cannabis Usage Trends With growing global leniency on this once highly regulated and stigmatized substance, a change in perspective is having a profound effect on its use in cosmetics and other forms of personal care. Big companies like Estee Lauder are starting to...

The Green Dawn: Canadian Federal Government Legalizes Recreational Cannabis

Oct 30, 2018

The beginning of a new era, as of Wednesday October 17th, recreational cannabis has become legal across Canada. The Cannabis Act can be found on the Government of Canada website and provides a full account of this new legislation including various attributes of this...

‘Do you have the Blues?’: Blue Light Filtering Cosmetics, the Next Big Thing?

Oct 24, 2018

Akin to sunscreens, these new and innovative family of topical products aim to protect us from a growing problem associated with the technological world; blue light emitted from smartphones and computers. Sunscreens with a twist of technology, blue-light filtering...

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