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Michael Royals, D.V.M.
Dr. Michael Royals is a veterinarian and Principal Scientist for Bio-Logistics Preclinical. Dr. Royals works with medical device companies to formulate and execute ideas for preclinical product development and regulatory issues. With twelve years of in vivo and in vitro applied pre-clinical research, his background in comparative medicine and a sound understanding of federal regulatory expectations, Dr. Royals is in position to offer clients precise, effective solutions to their pre-clinical research needs. Dr. Royals graduated in 1987 from Montana State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biomedical Science. He received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Colorado State University (CSU) in 1995. Upon graduating, Dr. Royals worked for two years in a joint appointment at CSU. One facet of this appointment was as a Lab Animal Veterinarian providing campus-wide clinical support for a wide range of animal species. The other facet was as a research veterinarian where he cloned and characterized the genetic defect responsible for the feline ortholog of Niemann-Pick type C, a fatal lysosomal storage disease. Subsequent to this position Dr. Royals worked for the Biological Test Center (BTC), a division of B. Braun Medical in Irvine, CA, as a GLP Study Director and Laboratory Animal Veterinarian. While at the BTC, he worked with over 30 companies to ensure preclinical study objectives were met in support of 510K, PMA and IND regulatory submissions to the Food and Drug Administration. In 1990 Dr. Royals returned to Colorado and founded Bio-Logistics Preclinical, where he continues to provide a full spectrum of pre-clinical and regulatory strategy support to the medical device community. |