2019 Speakers Include:
Mohammad Al-Sayah, PhD
Senior Scientist, Drug Product Development, Genentech Inc.
Dabing Chen, PhD
Principal Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim
Rakesh Dixit, PhD
Vice President, R&D, Head Biologics Safety Assessment, AstraZeneca
Chong-Hui Gu, PhD
Head of CMC, Agios Pharmaceuticals
Kamal Jonnalagadda, PhD
Professor & Director, Pharmaceutics Graduate Program, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, USciences
Venkata Krishnamurthy, PhD
Associate Principal Scientist, AstraZeneca
Yingkai Liang, PhD
Senior Scientist, Discovery Pharmaceutical Sciences, Merck & Co.
Xiaoling Li, PhD
Associate Dean and Professor, University of the Pacific
Wen Lin, PhD
Senior Director, Senior Investigator I, Novartis
Tony Listro
Vice President, Technical Business Development, Foster Delivery Science
Michael Mitchell, PhD
Skirkanich Assistant Professor of Innovation, University of Pennsylvania
Mayur Mitra, PhD
Senior Scientist, Toxicologist and Pharmacology Sub-team Leader, Safety Assessment, Genentech
Eric Munson, PhD
Head, Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, Purdue University
Laszlo Otvos, PhD
Professor, Semmelweis Medical School
David Owen, PhD
Vice President, Research, Starpharma
Robert Pagels, PhD
Lead Scientist, Optimeos Life Sciences
True Rogers, PhD
Pharma Technologies Leader, Technology & Innovation, DuPont Nutrition & Health
Scott Shandler, PhD
Founder and CEO, Longevity Biotech
Daniel Skomski, PhD
Senior Scientist, Merck & Co.
Ronald Siegel, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Minnesota
Mahima Singh, PhD
Pharmaceutical Sciences Researcher, University of the Sciences
Daniel Some, PhD
Principle Scientist, Marketing, Wyatt Technology
Phillip Snyder, PhD
Associate Director, Preclinical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Ruchit Trivedi, PhD
Associate Director, Formulation, Bioduro
Daniel Wu, PhD
Senior Director, Technical Operations, Bausch Health
Jae Yoo, PhD
Chief Technology Officer, Aprecia Pharmaceuticals
Program Advisory Board Members & Past Speakers Include:
Ketan Mehta PhD
President & CEO, Tris Pharma
Linda Lohr, PhD.
Senior Director, Portfolio Strategy, Pfizer, Inc.
Adam Procopio, PhD.
Senior Principal Scientist, Drug Product Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) Lead, Merck & Co.
Esmaiel Jabbari, PhD.
Professor of Chemical Engineering University of South Carolina
Bonnie Fendrock, MBA
CEO and Co-Founder, Cyta Therapeutics, Inc.
Rakesh Dixit, PhD
Vice President, R&D Head Biologics Safety Assessment, MedImmune
Christopher A. Rhodes, PhD.
President & CEO, Drug Delivery Experts
Liz Proos, PhD.
Director, Formulation Development, Microchips Biotech, Inc.
Marian Gindy, PhD
Director, Sterile Formulation Sciences, Merck
Molly Story, PhD.
Head, Global Usability Engineering and Risk Management, Medical Device Development Unit, Sanofi
Amit Joshi, PhD.
Senior Manager, Advanced Sourcing & Innovation, Johnson & Johnson
Vincent Jannin, PhD.
Research Director, Pharmaceuticals, Gattefossé
Abizer Harianawala, PhD
Senior Director - Product Development and Technical Operations, TARIS Biomedical
Shaker Mousa, PhD
Chairman & Executive Vice President, The Pharmaceutical Research Institute
Jigar Patel, PhD
Director Technology Innovation, Roche Diagnostics
Laszlo Otvos, PhD.
Adjunct Professor, Semmelweis Medical School
Tian Wu, PhD.
Senior Scientist, Drug Product Technology, Amgen
Susan Rosenbaum, JD.
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Lauren Sciences LLC
Robert Prud'homme, PhD.
Professor, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Princeton University
Les Miranda, PhD
Director Research, Hybrid Modality Engineering, Structural Biology, & Molecular Modeling, Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen
Raghu Raghavan, PhD
President and Co-Founder, Therataxis, LLC
John Paderi, PhD.
Founder, Director Research & Development, Symic Bio
Viral Kansara, PhD.
Investigator and Head of Ocular Pharmacology and Drug Delivery Laboratory, Novartis
Sonia Bedi, PhD
Principal Scientist, Biopharm Product Sciences, Biopharm R&D, GlaxoSmithKline
Joseph Della Rocca
Senior Scientist, Merck & Co.
Jaymin Shah, PhD.
Senior Research Fellow and Team Leader, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pfizer, Inc. (Pending Confirmation)
Michael Wagner, PhD.
Head of Insulins & Peptides, Diabetes Division, Sanofi
Rob Harris, PhD.
Chief Technical Officer, Juniper Pharma Services
Anthony Qu, PhD
Vice President, Drug Product Development, Halo Pharmaceuticals
Scott Peterson, PhD.
Executive Director, Corporate Development, Intarcia Therapeutics
Jay Lakshman, PhD
Project Leader and Technology Platform Leader, Novartis
Zhen Yang, PhD.
Associate Principal Scientist, Biopharmaceutics & Specialty Dosage Form, Merck & Co.
Grégoire Schwach, PhD.
Head of Drug Delivery, F. Hoffmann-La Roche
Brad Garcia, PhD.
Strategic Technology Commercialization Leader, Roche Sequencing
Stephen Tindal, BSc.
Director, Science & Technology, Catalent Pharma Solutions
Gaurav Tolia, PhD.
Senior Research Scientist, Mylan Inc.
Rubi Burlage, PhD
Director, Formulation Sciences, Merck & Co.
Irina Kadiyala, PhD.
Senior Scientist, Delivery Systems, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
John Morrison, PhD.
Senior Research Investigator, Bristol-Myers Squibb (Invited)
Alfred Berchielli, PhD.
Senior Principal Scientist, Drug Product Design, Pfizer, Inc.
David Schaffer, PhD.
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Gaurav Bhardwaj, PhD.
Head of the Institute for Protein Design, Professor of Biochemistry, University of Washington
Sree Nadkarni, PhD.
Senior Director, Pharmaceutical Dev. (CMC) Biotie Therapies, Inc. (Acorda Therapeutics)
Mehuli Kulkarni, PhD
Consultant Chemist, Eli Lilly