Biopharma

Robert Alvarez

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After completing his degree in molecular biology at the University of Reading, Robert Alvarez has been at Lonza Biologics for 17 years, of which 14 were spent working in the product stability group and 2 as Head of Business Planning and...

Mustafa Edik

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Mustafa Edik is an Independent GMP Consultant and Auditor.   After graduating as a Chemist from university, Mustafa began his 25 year plus career as a Laboratory Supervisor at Bayer, a German Pharmaceutical Company. After 15 years of working as...

Marc Feary

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Marc Feary is Principal Scientist at Lonza. He has greater than 15 years’ experience in biopharmaceutical development and bioproduction, having held R&D and commercially-focused roles at Lonza Biologics facilities in Slough and Cambridge (UK). ...

Adrian Haines

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Dr Adrian Haines is the Head of Science and Technology at Sobi AG, based in Geneva, Switzerland. Adrian has extensive experience in generating mammalian cell lines suitable for the GMP production of biologics and is extensively involved in the...

Rhydian Howells

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Rhydian Howells, associate director of regulatory affairs at Diamond Pharma services a Propharma group company. 20 years’ experience in the industry, 10 years at a large contract manufacturer developing manufacturing processes and analytical...

Mardon McFarlane

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Mardon McFarlane is an Associate Director in the External Manufacturing group at CRISPR Therapeutics and is responsible for the relationship management and overall governance of an external global network of CDMOs (contract development &...

Peter O'Callaghan

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Peter O’Callaghan holds BSc and PhD degrees in Genetics from Newcastle University. Since graduation he has gained over 10 years’experience in biotechnology research and development in academia and industry, during which time he co-authored...

Adekunle Onadipe

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Dr Adekunle Onadipe is an Associate Research Fellow in Bioprocess R&D, Cell Line Development at Pfizer Inc. USA. He leads a group of scientists responsible for the construction, development and characterization of mammalian and microbial cell...

Irene Rossi

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Irene Rossi is the Head of New Modalities Pharmaceutical Development at Nanopharm, an Aptar Company (UK). Irene obtained a MSc in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology in 2014 and a PhD in Drugs, Biomolecules and Health Products at the Food and...

Paul Shields

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Dr. Shields holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan. He has 33 years of experience in process development and manufacturing of APIs and drug products,...

Jag Shur

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Dr Shur is an academic and entrepreneur having over 100 published scientific papers and was CEO of Nanopharm Ltd, which he led to a successful exit in 2019. Jag’s main area of research and commercial endeavour is in the complex topical...

Julie Suman

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Dr. Julie D. Suman is the Vice President of Scientific Affairs for Aptar Pharma. She manages strategic scientific planning and Aptar’s Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Suman is also the co-founder of Next Breath. She holds a B.S. in Pharmacy from...

Hans van Bruggen

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Hans van Bruggen is CEO of and Senior Regulatory Affairs Scientist at Qdossier. He holds an MSc. in Pharmaceutical Medicine from the University of Surrey (UK) and has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 35 years, primarily at...

Marloes van der Geer

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Marloes van der Geer works as senior regulatory affairs scientist at Qdossier. Marloes holds a master in Life Sciences (Drug Innovation) from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. For nine years she held several positions at Hoffmann-la...

Philip Webber

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Dr. Philip Webber obtained his first degree from Cambridge University, UK (Natural Sciences, Genetics) and then carried out research on the regulation of brain-specific genes at Warwick University, UK, where he obtained his PhD. He qualified as a...

Andrew Willis

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Andrew Willis is an independent consultant providing expert advice and training on global regulatory solutions and pharmaceutical development. Previously, he worked for Catalent Pharma Solutions as VP Regulatory Affairs & Consulting Services,...