With over two decades of immersion in the dynamic realm of drug delivery, I have cultivated a profound passion for this field since my first encounter in the mid-1990s. Transitioning from pioneering the assessment of naturally derived surfactant emulsification properties in personal care to delving into the intricacies of pharmaceuticals in by the end of the decade.
Started in Pharma Regulatory Affairs over 14 years ago, initially in a manufacturing facility in Ireland. Joined Ivowen regulatory affairs consultancy over nine years ago and became Regulatory Affairs and Business Manager after four years. Became Managing Director and owner of the consultancy in 2021.
Dr. Denby is a Biochemical Engineer. Over the years he has worked at AstraZeneca, Oxford BioMedica and Becton, Dickinson and Company. In 2017, he founded BioFrey and has revolutionised availability of extractable data and change notification practices around single use systems facilitating uptake of these systems.
James L. Drinkwater is the current Head of GMP Compliance at Franz Ziel Germany. James is based in the UK for the global role and separately supports the Not-for-profit society: Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Sciences Society: PHSS an educational platform in GxP. James is the ex-Chairman (10 years) of the PHSS and currently Co-leads the Annex 1 and CCS Guidance focus groups
Dr. Huemer received his MD in medicine at the Medical University of Vienna and his PhD in Biology at the University of Vienna and subsequently specialized in Medical Physiology, followed by a long medical career in research, teaching, medical practice. Between 2007 - 2023 he worked at the Austrian Medicines & Medical Devices Agency.
Dr. Felix Tobias Kern is the Associate Director - Head of Compliance Launch and Technology Center at the Merck KGaA in Darmstadt (Germany). He studied pharmacy in Mainz (Germany) and graduated at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich (Germany). He is an expert pharmacist for pharmaceutical analytics and pharmaceutical technology.
Len has over 30 years of experience in both industry and academia. He is a member of a regulatory advisory group for ATMPs. Len has undertaken development and manufacturing of 18 new biological entities, including first-in-man/first-in-class cell and gene therapies, viral vectors, biologics, and monoclonal antibodies. His regulatory and licensing experience covers the MHRA, EMA and FDA.
Dr Mark Powell a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) with over thirty years’ experience as a senior analytical chemist. Mark has served as both Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer of the RSC’s Analytical Division and led a working group on continuing professional development until July 2016.
Tara Scherder has over 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries as a statistician, engineer, and master black belt. Her passion is the powerful combination of science and statistics to increase knowledge, optimize both manufacturing and business processes, and reduce risk.
Swa joined Janssen Pharmaceutical (part of Johnson & Johnson) in 1981 and until 1995 had increasing responsibilities within the organisation, mainly in the Quality Control Unit. From 1995 he joined the Quality Assurance department. In 2005 was Senior Manager GMP Compliance Chemical Operations in Belgium, on sites Geel – Olen – Beerse. In 2009 was appointed as Director Global Compliance of EMEA and Asia Pacific for Johnson & Johnson.
Dr. Wise-Blackman is a consultant and project lead at BioData Solutions, with over 24 years of experience. Her attention is devoted to providing guidance to small and large biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in support of drug development. Her work includes supporting regulatory approval of large molecule therapeutics.