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The journey from discovery to commercialization can be challenging. That's why we've assembled a team of scientists to share their insights and answer your questions on topics ranging from cold chain logistics and cGMP compliance in biologics manufacturing to technology transfers and more.
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Expert
Michael Cruskie, PhD
Sr. Director and General Manager, API (Small Molecule)
Scientific Expertise:
- Product development
- Small molecule APIs
- Strategy & process development
- Process improvement/optimization
- Operations and manufacturing
- Technology transfer
- Scale-up
- Supply chain
- Outsourcing
Focus Area
API (small molecule)
Credentials
Doctor of Philosophy in organic chemistry from the University of Florida
Bachelor’s degree in chemistry and mathematics from St. Lawrence University
Expert
Douglas Hausner, PhD
Senior Manager, Continuous Manufacturing
Scientific Expertise:
- Continuous manufacturing
- Process analytical technology
Focus Area
Commercial manufacturing
Credentials
Doctor of Philosophy in physical chemistry from Temple University
Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Delaware
Expert
Matthew Jones, PhD
Senior Manager, Crystallization
Scientific Expertise:
- Crystallization process development, small molecules and biological macromolecules
- Particle engineering
- Downstream processes (solid-liquid separation and drying)
- Solid state chemistry and solid state analysis
Focus Area
API (small molecule)
Credentials
Habilitation (higher doctorate) in chemical engineering from MartinLuther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
Doctor of Philosophy from the University of London, University College, U.K.
Expert
Jason Mieding
Senior Director, Logistics
Scientific Expertise:
- Highly experienced in supply chain with a particular focus on sales and operations planning, transportation and logistics management, and system enhancements including SAP
- Certified in production and inventory management (American Production and Inventory Control Society)
- Multi-functional leadership experience in manufacturing, quality, and technical areas within pharmaceutical GMP environments
Focus Area
Logistics
Credentials
Bachelor’s degree in production and operations management from Ohio State
Expert
Kevin Kane, PhD
Senior Staff Scientist, R&D
Scientific Expertise:
- Oral drug delivery
- Drug product development
- Pre-formulation, formulation, process development, scale-up, tech transfer, commercialization
- Phase appropriate dosage forms for preclinical and clinical studies
- Solubility enhancement technologies
- Amorphous solid dispersions by spray-drying, hot-melt extrusion and complexation
- Size-reduction and lipid-based systems
- Oral modified release
- Multiparticulate and osmotic delivery
- Matrix tablets
- Lipid modified release
- Injectable drug delivery
- Formulation development for solution and lyophilized vials for small molecules
- IV and depot formulations
- Powder-filled vials
- Technology transfer
Focus Area
Commercial manufacturing
Credentials
Doctor of Philosophy in inorganic chemistry from Ohio University
Post-doctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of chemistry at the University of Idaho
Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in chemistry (polymer and materials) from Texas State University
Expert
Chris Howell
Director, Packaging Engineering
Focus Area
Commercial packaging
Expert
Daniel Baskind
Manager, Scientific and Technical Affairs
Focus Area
Biologics (large molecule)
Expert
Iain McGroarty
Senior Business Development Executive, API Europe
Focus Area
API (small molecule)
Expert
Julie Hoffman
Senior Director of Commercial Strategy and Execution
Focus Area
Clinical ancillary management
Clinical trial services
Expert
Kevin Shea
Senior Label Program Director
Expertise:
- Clinical supplies, with expertise in clinical labels, label translation and regulatory services
- Customer oversight/maintenance
- Customer liaison
- New business
- Bid defences
- Issue Resolving
- Webinars, Workshops, Presentations, and Whitepapers
- Trade shows
- Escalations
- Technical support
- Training, Quality and Audit support
Focus Area
Clinical label services
Clinical trial services
Credentials
Bachelor's Degree, Hobart College
Expert
Laura Chamberlain
Business Development Executive (API)
Focus Area
API (small molecule)
Expert
Lloyd Norris
Secondary Packaging Manager
Focus Area
Clinical trial packaging and storage
Expert
Shawn Regits
Manager Process Engineering
Focus Area
Clinical trial packaging and storage
Expert
Kaspar van den Dries, PhD
Senior Director Science and Innovation, Softgels
Scientific Expertise:
- Formulation & process development
- Solid dose formulation (tablets, capsules, and softgels)
- Late stage process development projects
- Technology transfer
- Regulatory filings
- Solubility enhancement
- Biopharmaceuticals
- Lipid-based formulations
- Quality by design
- Risk assessment and experimental designs
- Process analytical technologies (NIR)
- In vitro – in vivo relationships
Focus Area
Softgels
Credentials
Doctor of Philosophy and Master’s degree in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Utrecht, NL
Expert
Sanjay Konagurthu, PhD
Senior Director, Science and Innovation
Scientific Expertise:
- Product development
- Oral drug delivery
- Drug product development
- Pre-formulation, formulation, process development, scale-up, tech transfer, and commercialization
- Solubility enhancement technologies
- Amorphous solid dispersions by spray-drying
- Hot-melt extrusion
- Size-reduction
- Lipid-based systems
- Complexation
- Oral modified release
- Multiparticulate delivery
- Osmotic delivery
- Taste masking
- Fast-dissolving dosage forms
- Lifecycle management
- Designing novel drug delivery systems
- Nano-milling
- Process miniaturization
- Process development and scale-up
- Novel process design & implementation
- Design of experiments
- Technology transfer
Focus Area
Formulation and development
Credentials
Doctor of Philosophy in chemical engineering from the University of Colorado in Boulder
Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Chennai)
Expert
Anil Kane, PhD, MBA
Senior Director, Global Technical and Scientific Affairs
Scientific Expertise:
- Product development
- Small molecules
- Pre-formulation, clinical development to lifecycle management
- Scientific strategic planning/problem solving
- Early development
- Clinical supplies
- Technology transfer
- Supporting chemistry, manufacturing, and controls documentation
Focus Area
Formulation and development
Credentials
Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Bombay, India
Master of Business Administration from Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Post Doctoral research at the University of Cincinnati
Expert
Ronald Perry
Senior Manager, R&D
Scientific Expertise:
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Formulation, technical transfer, and process optimizations for:
- Oral solid dosage forms, tablets, hard shell capsules, and softgels
- Oral liquids (solutions, suspensions, extended release suspension)
- Transdermal systems
- Sterile injectables
- Ophthalmic
- Medical device
- Aerosol products
- Packaging
- Creams and ointments
- Quality assurance experience including site auditing (domestic and international)
- Pharmacy/pharmaceutical consultant services ad libitum
Focus Area
Softgels
Credentials
Pre-med/pharmacy degree from Indiana University South Bend, IN
Bachelor of Science, Pharmacy from Purdue University School of Pharmacy in West Lafayette, IN
Studied diabetes education and anticoagulation therapy
Immunization certified
Registered Pharmacist (R.Ph.)
Expert
Gordon Hutton, PhD
Materials Science Lead
Scientific Expertise:
- Organic chemistry
- Crystallization processes for commercial applications
- Materials science expert
- API development
- Commercial manufacturing
Focus Area
API (small molecule)
Credentials
Doctor of Philosophy in synthetic organic chemistry from the University of Cambridge, U.K.
Bachelor’s degree in pure & applied chemistry from Strathclyde University in Glasgow, U.K.
Expert
Richard Snyder, PhD
Vice President, Science and Technology
Scientific Expertise:
- Oral solid dosage forms, tablets, hard shell capsules, and softgels
- Virus biology
- Viral vector development
- cGMP viral vector manufacturing & analytical technologies
- Viral vector mediated gene transfer
- Development of novel viral vector-based human gene therapies
Focus Area
Viral Vector Services
Credentials
Post-doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Doctor of Philosophy in microbiology from The State University of New York at Stony Brook
Bachelor’s degree in biology from Washington University in St. Louis
Expert
Christy Eatmon
Global Subject Matter Expert, Sterile Drug Products
Scientific Expertise:
- Extensive experience in preclinical to early-phase formulation development of sterile products
- Process engineering expertise to support technology transfer and scale-up of parenteral formulations
- Deep knowledge of all phases, from drug discovery to commercial manufacturing and launch
- Extensive experience with small and large molecules, including controlled-release formulation for poorly water-soluble drugs
Focus Area
Sterile Drug Products
Credentials
Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, Moravian University
Expert
Paul Jorjorian
Vice President, Development and Scientific Solutions
Scientific Expertise:
- Research and development
- Process and analytical development
- MSAT strategy
- Biologics manufacturing
- Technology transfer
Focus Area
Biologics development
Credentials
Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and management, Purdue University
Master’s in chemical engineering, Cornell University
Expert
Elena Gontarz, PhD
Head of Scientific and Technical Affairs
Scientific Expertise:
- Analytical method lifecycle development
- Cell line development
- Process development
- Technology transfer
- Late-phase commercialization
Focus Area
- Biologics development
- Cell line development
Credentials
PhD in biochemistry with over 10 years of experience developing biologics for pharmaceutical companies
Expert
Otto P.J. Jurrius
General Manager, Groningen, Netherlands site
Scientific Expertise:
- Project management for biologics
- Manufacturing across biologics development, including clinical and commercial manufacturing
- General management at our biologics manufacturing site in Groningen
Focus Area
Biologics manufacturing
Credentials
Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, Fontys University Eindhoven
Master’s degree in biotechnology, Wageningen University
Two decades of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry
Expert
Erica Byerley
Global Senior Tech Transfer Engineer
Scientific Expertise:
- Single-use technology
- Technology transfer
- Process design
- Operational readiness for biologics development through clinical manufacturing
Focus Area
Technology transfer
Credentials
Over eight years of industry experience, plus two degrees in chemical engineering and biological sciences
Expert
Kym Baker
Sr. Director/General Manager, Brisbane, Australia site
Scientific Expertise:
- Leads our biologics manufacturing facility in Brisbane, Australia
- Phase I through commercial manufacturing
- Supports the product lifecycle from technology transfer to clinical and late-phase commercialization and manufacturing
- R&D tax credits and the Clinical Trial Notification (CTN) scheme in Australia can help accelerate early-phase products to market
Focus Area
Biologics manufacturing
Credentials
PhD in immuno-vaccine development
Over 30 years of experience in developing and manufacturing biologics
Expert
Palak Patel
Manager, Scientific and Technical Affairs
Scientific Expertise:
- Early-phase biologics development
- Cell line development
- Cell culture development
Focus Area
Biologics development
Cell line development
Credentials
Over five years of experience in early-phase biologics development