BioProduction 2010

Conference Overview

The disposables market is growing by an incredible 20% a year, driven by innovative technical and demand to develop more flexible, cost-effective manufacturing facilities.

Today, nearly 97% of biopharmaceutical manufacturers use single-use technologies. Recent innovations have made a wider range of single-use technologies available for most downstream purification applications and production scales. The aim of this conference is to answer many questions with regards to implementation of this technology. Learn from industry experts and end-users who will share their experience.

KEY SPEAKERS:

Dr Paul B. McCormac, Senior Manager Biomanufacturing Sciences Group, Pfizer Global Manufacturing, USA

Dr Olivier Cochet, Dir. Industrial Biotechnology, Centre d'Immunologie, Pierre Fabre, France

Dr Stephen Brown, Chief Technical Officer, Vivalis, France

Dr Wilfried Wöhrer, Director of Pilot Plant Operations, Baxter Innovations GmbH, Austria

Dr Emile Van Corven, Director, Process Development, Crucell, The Netherlands and Dr Parrish Galiher, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Xcellerex, USA

Dr Karin Hedebo Wassard,Senior Consultant, NNE Pharmaplan, Denmark and Birgitte Dornonville la Cour, Senior Specialist (QA), Bavarian Nordic A/S, Denmark

Dr Aurore Poles, Assistant Scientist: Specialist in New Technologies and Manufacturing Support, Merck Serono Biodevelopment (affiliate of Merck Serono S.A.)

Dr Tony Hitchcock, Head of Manufacturing Technologies, Cobra Biomanufactuirng, UK

Dr Vibeke Halkjær-Knudsen, Statens Serum Institut, Denmark

Mr Pascal Martin, Project Manager – Quality Assurance Department, Merial SAS, France

Dr Alexander Herrmann, Director GMP Fermentation Facility, Roche Diagnostic mbH, Germany

Dr Jean-Marc Guillaume, Head of Bioprocessing, Research and Development USP Sanofi Pasteur Vaccines, France and Miriam Monge, VP Global Key Accounts, Biopharm Software solutions, France

Dr Klaus Hermansen, Senior Specialist, NNE Pharmaplan, Denmark and end user

Dr Peter K Watler, Principal Consultant and CTO, Hyde Engineering and Cosnulting Inc., USA

Key reasons to attend Informa Life Sciences’ Disposables for Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing conference:

·       Industry case studies on Implementing your single use systems from a multi-site network from Pfizer to an almost 100% disposable facility from Pierre Fabre

·       Creating manufacturing flexibility of the future - the use of single-use technology

·      Waste management and environmental assessment- single use solutions versus reusable equipment – from Statens Serum Institut and Merial SAS

·      Baxter will reveal the challenges they encountered when implementing disposables for the production of viral vaccines

·       The comparison of fed batch cell culture performance between stainless steel and single-use bioreactors will be discussed by Merck Serono

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Tuesday 26 October 2010

Workshop T: Extractables, Leachables and Particulates - Safety Concerns for Biotechnology Products

WORKSHOP LEADER
Dr Nanda K. Subbarao, Senior Consultant, Biologics Consulting Group, Inc., USA

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Friday 29 October 2010

Workshop X: Single Use Versus Stainless Steel impact on Design of Flexible Modular Based Facilities

WORKSHOP LEADER
Klaus Hermansen, Senior Specialist, nne pharmaplan, Denmark & Andrew Sinclair, Biopharm services , UK

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Workshop Y: Cost Management for Biomanufacturing: The Influence of Development, Design and Engineering

WORKSHOP LEADERS
Bill Thompson, Consultant, Rotherwood Associates, UK

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Quite interesting in current technology information
(Genhelix Spain)

Very interesting and focusing
(ROUICM)

Instantaneous Industrial Nice Picture = The event contains all the relevant information I need to know today.
(Merck Serono Biodevelopment)

In general interesting
(CEVEC Pharmaceuticals)

Well conducted and useful conference. Good speakers and nice location.
(DSM Biologics BV)

A clever interface between basic science and production.
(Medicago inc)

A resumé of the most important items in biotech forums.
(Genhelix Spain)

Very good overview of current industry practices and areas of interest.
(Pfizer Inc)

Large and diverse conference, maybe too large. Excellent, driven speakers.
(Toxicon)

Good event in a nice city.
(NNE Pharmaplan)

Very high quality presentations. A clear picture of QbD for biotechs.
(Sanofi-Aventis)

It was ok, but I took a number of useful notes.
(ETH Zurich)

Workshops were good and informative
(Teva Pharmaceuticals)

Interesting, my first EU conference.
(Sandoz)

Interesting speakers, well arranged, good networking opportunities.
(GE Healthcare)

Excellent organization, good selection of speakers. Some focus on drug product regulatory and quality would be appreciated. Nice venue facility.
(Kuros Biosurgery AG)

A great opportunity to network and meet up with colleagues.
(Biopharm Services)

Good networking opportunities and useful for viewing future Bioproduction trends.
(Laboratorios Hipra SA)

Very informative conference in a beautiful city.
(Centocor)

Excellent in depth coverage of subject areas.
(Domantis Ltd)

Good organisation and good opportunity for
networking. Interesting technical presentations.
(GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals)

Good networking, content level useful, some conferences better than other
(Sealed Air)

Excellent event! The possibility to switch between four conferences made the attendance most valuable for me!
(Suppremol)

The conference is perfectly organised, enabling highly efficient exchange among the participants.
(Novartis Biologics)

Very useful and well organised.
(GlaxoSmithKline R&D)

Good condensed update on the state and trends of the Bioproduction Business.
(Merck Serono)

Focused – good technical and process content.
(LFB Biotechnologies)

This was an interesting opportunity to speak to a variety of QbD experts and to hear what we should incorporate in our Masters programme.
(De Montfort University)

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