Our
Team
Rae
Liu
Prior to founding Continuum Partner Consulting, Ms. Liu was Director of
Product and Process Development at a global multi-billion dollar
nutrition, dietary supplement, and personal care products company.
Ms. Liu managed the company's global product development
project portfolio in 63 countries; helped the company re-launch
products in China; and established stage-gate product development
process from concept to commercialization.
Ms. Liu is recognized as an accomplished product formulator.
In her years at Pharmavite as a senior formulator, she
developed numerous new products generating hundreds of millions of
dollars in the market. Before Pharmavite, Ms. Liu was in
charge of research and development at a premium contract manufacturer,
developing and launching products for domestic and international
clients.
Partner with the industry top cGMP experts, Ms. Liu helps clients to
comply with the newly finalized FDA cGMP for dietary supplements,
develops and implements cGMP system, conducts third-party audits, and
provides training. Of Chinese descent, she is passionate for
helping US manufacturers and Chinese suppliers to ensure safety and
quality of products.
Ms. Liu has 18 years experience of product development, process
development, regulatory compliance, and project management in the
dietary supplement, functional food, pharmaceuticals, and personal care
industries. She has a MBA degree, a Master degree in Food
Science, and is a certified Project Management Professional.
She speaks fluent English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
Joy Joseph
Ms. Joseph is a widely respected expert in the pharmaceutical, dietary
supplement, and cosmetic industries. In the last five
decades, she's held leadership positions in various companies in charge
of manufacturing, quality, research and development, technical
operations, regulatory and scientific affairs, customer education, and
etc.
After retiring as the vice president of Science and Technology at
Pharmavite in 2005, Ms. Joseph became a highly demanded consultant and
lecturer specializing in GMP training, auditing for FDA or other
regulatory compliance, designing and setting up QC laboratory and
quality system, pharmaceutical solid dosage research and development,
etc. Working with the Counsel for Responsible Nutrition
(CRN), she played a key role in drafting the original GMP guidelines
submitted to the FDA, for which she was awarded the Steuben Apple Award
in 2005.
Ms. Joseph is Chair of the USP Sub-Committee of Revision (Nutritional
Supplements) and was elected to the Executive Committee of USP for the
2005- 2010-revision cycle. She has served on various Board of
Directors, Committees, and Scientific Advisory Boards, including USP,
CRN, University of California School of Pharmacy, and Virgo Publishing
Company.
Ms. Joseph is active in sharing her decades of industrial experience.
Her publications include:
1."Regulation of Quality and Quality Issues Worldwide", Regulation
of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, First Edition,
Blackwell Publishing LTD., Iowa, USA 2005
2. "Formulation Challenges in The Dietary Supplement Industry, Vitamin
and Minerals", Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms, 3rd
Edition, Taylor and Francis Group Publishing Inc, New York USA, pending
publication, 2008
3. Various articles on manufacturing and quality in, Tablets
and Capsules, CSC Publishing, Inc, MN USA, 2005 and 2006
4. Various articles on Quality in Nutritional Outlook trade
magazine, 2004-2005
