Sam Murray

Head of Regulatory & Quality

Jeffrey Sirek
CEO, Board Member

Jeffrey Sirek
Sam Murray

Sam’s function at PRIA Healthcare:

Sam Murray is the Head of Regulatory and Quality at PRIA, where he leads the firm’s regulatory affairs and quality division and provides strategic leadership to life sciences and medical device companies navigating complex regulatory pathways and quality system
challenges. In this role, Sam advises executive leadership teams, investors, and diligence teams, product development organizations, and regulatory and quality leaders on regulatory strategy, global product approvals, and scalable quality system design across the full product lifecycle.



Sam’s life before joining the People of PRIA Healthcare:

Prior to joining PRIA, Sam founded and led an independent regulatory and quality consultancy supporting medical device manufacturers globally. He also held senior leadership roles at Advanced Instruments

and Formlabs, where he built and scaled global regulatory and quality organizations, established multi-site quality systems, and led

acquisition due diligence for multiple transactions, including assessing regulatory risk, quality system maturity, and post-close integration needs. Earlier in his career, he served as a medical device investigator with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, conducting domestic and international inspections and driving compliance and enforcement actions.

Sam’s life outside of PRIA Healthcare:

Outside of PRIA Healthcare, Sam enjoys spending time with his wife and two children. As a family, they enjoy traveling together and making the most of time outdoors. Sam is an avid offshore fisherman and also enjoys tending to his oyster garden.

Sam’s full bio:

Sam Murray is the Head of Regulatory and Quality at PRIA, where he leads the firm’s regulatory affairs and quality division and provides strategic leadership to life sciences and medical device companies navigating complex regulatory pathways and quality system challenges. In this role, Sam advises executive leadership teams, investors and diligence teams, product development organizations, and regulatory and quality leaders on regulatory strategy, global product approvals, and scalable quality system design across the full product lifecycle.


Sam brings more than a decade of experience spanning medical devices, diagnostics, combination products, and software-enabled technologies. His primary areas of expertise include United States regulatory strategy, global regulatory submissions including European MDR and IVDR implementation, quality system development and remediation, design controls, risk management, and regulatory authority engagement. He has led and supported regulatory programs that enabled global marketing authorizations and reduced time to commercialization.


Prior to joining PRIA, Sam founded and led an independent regulatory and quality consultancy supporting medical device manufacturers globally. He also held senior leadership roles at Advanced Instruments and Formlabs, where he built and scaled global regulatory and quality organizations, established multi-site quality systems, and led acquisition due diligence for multiple transactions, including assessing regulatory risk, quality system maturity, and post-close integration needs. Earlier in his career, he served as a medical device investigator with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, conducting domestic and international inspections and driving compliance and enforcement actions.


Sam holds a Master of Science in Biology from the University of Nebraska and a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from North Carolina State University. He is Regulatory Affairs Certified (RAC-US) through the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society and remains actively engaged in the regulatory and life sciences community through advisory work and professional organizations.