Monique Matheson of Nike — Talent Attraction, Development and Retention in Times of Shifting Employee Expectations
January 3, 2023
Building a “Lightspeed” Culture: How a Global Pandemic Transformed Manufacturing and Distribution
November 23, 2022
Bolstering our supply chain: Strengthening relationships with industry partners to overcome a global health crisis Making the impossible possible: “Project Lightspeed” and the development, manufacture, and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine Where do we go from here? Ensuring this experience is a catalyst for change for our industry Key takeaways: upending our conventional ways of working and the resilience of our amazing colleagues — Mike McDermott Chief Global Supply Officer, EVP Pfizer As Chief Global Supply Officer, EVP, Mike McDermott leads all of Pfizer’s internal and external manufacturing and supply chain activities. Mike and the Pfizer Global Supply (PGS) team…
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Delivering the Pipeline of the Future with a Commitment to Radical Simplification and Pioneering for Excellence
November 23, 2022
Being part of the solution: Launching two medicines in record time during the pandemic Meeting growing complexity head-on Establishing communities of practitioners to re-imagine manufacturing and process development Re-thinking how we collaborate across boundaries — Susanne Hundsbaek-Pedersen Global Head Pharma of Technical Operations Roche Susanne serves as the Global Head of Pharma Technical Operations at Roche, a global biotech company. Roche delivers long-term and sustainable healthcare solutions to serve millions of patients in 150 countries. Pharma Technical Operations spans the world with sites on four continents and covers the value chain from Technical development, CMC to Commercial supplies. She is…
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Fireside Chat: Building the Future from a Distinguished Tenure in CMC
November 23, 2022
Introducing Prime Medicine and its vision for the future of medicine How are we thinking about the inclusion of novel types of automation into molecular medicine workflows? Examining how we view Talent in the emergent technology space, and how do we best deploy remote and hybrid work? Historically, pharmaceutical manufacturing leaders were predominantly men; however, many important CMC leadership positions are now held by women. Why is this the case, and how do we sustain this pattern? What are the most significant learnings from having achieved success in licensing autologous cell therapies? — Ann Lee Chief Technical Officer Prime Medicine…
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Unlocking the Promise of Gene Therapy
November 28, 2022
Review the current state of gene therapy Discuss overcoming barriers to product development Make the case for global regulatory convergence Describe FDA actions facilitating gene therapy development — Peter Marks Director – Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) FDA Peter Marks received his graduate degree in cell and molecular biology and his medical degree at New York University and completed Internal Medicine residency and Hematology/Medical Oncology training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He has worked in academic settings teaching and caring for patients and in industry on drug development. He joined the FDA in 2012 as Deputy…
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Panel: Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards: Maximizing Our Impact on the Future of Medicine
November 28, 2022
The past few years has seen a migration of talent and technology from traditional biopharmaceutical manufacturing to ATMP manufacturing: How has this changed the CMC ecosystem, and are we overbuilding capacity again? Avoiding the dangers of fragmentation. How should we better communicate, collaborate, and consolidate our best ideas so we all succeed? Discussing the reasons to set up a new company today, and imagining how our business ecosystem will continue to grow and evolve Debating which production platforms will best suit the newer modalities Exploring the next steps for existing platforms like mAbs: How do we efficiently serve giant markets…
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Revolutionizing The Manufacturing Landscape to Optimize Patient Outcomes
November 23, 2022
How the pandemic has impacted innovation, technology, people and our ways of working and thinking How is Amgen transforming biomanufacturing for a faster, more data-savvy future and strengthening the balance of resiliency and efficiency Addressing unmet patient needs and establishing new markets through connected technology and other manufacturing innovations (smart materials, process automation and more) Why building integrated, collaborative, agile, high performance teams are at the heart of revolutionary manufacturing Amgen Ecovation™ – creating value through innovative and sustainable manufacturing operations — Arleen Paulino SVP Global Manufacturing Amgen Arleen Paulino, senior vice president, Manufacturing, leads Amgen’s commercial manufacturing organization where…
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Fireside Chat: Integrating Customer Centricity and Innovative Technology into a Forward-Looking Manufacturing Strategy
November 29, 2022
How are biology and patient needs influencing risk-based investment and networking structure in the manufacturing space? Discussing route and location of administration, including MDCP considerations, components and suppliers, design standards including image selection, and packaging network design Exploring flexible facilities, integrated clinical launches, and capital risk avoidance in the quest to get fast to clinical and fast to respond Understanding the need for early investment in platform changes. How is the emergence of ADCs, modality blurring, and market considerations changing the way we traditionally work? Talking about access issues including regionalization and localization, IP considerations, and how higher order BSL…
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TCR² and the Path to Registration: The Road in Scaling a TCR Platform and Organization to Un-Lock a Therapy for Solid Tumors
November 23, 2022
Walking through how we built our Cell Therapy unit. What did we duplicate? What did we innovate? What did we adapt from others, and how did we make it our own? How are we building a sustainable pipeline, managing complexity, and keeping our focus? What are the “must haves”? What are the learnings on common threats of significant transformations? Lessons learned from the TCR² journey to provide innovative therapies for patients in need — Peter Olagunju Chief Technical Officer TCR² Therapeutics Peter Olagunju serves as the Chief Technical Officer of TCR². He brings over 20 years of experience in cell…
Continue readingTechnical Operations Strategies in an Uncertain Market
November 30, 2022
State of the current market and impact on manufacturing cell and gene therapies Key factors to consider when scaling up a facility for advanced medicines Make vs. Buy and the advantages and challenges of both solutions given the current market Moderator: Adam Pfeiffer VP of Strategy Project Farma Adam Pfeiffer is the Vice President of Strategy at Project Farma. In his role, Adam drives overall business strategy, aligning with operations, marketing, and business development groups in growing the firm’s global life sciences partnerships.With 16+ years of life sciences consulting experience, Adam has supported countless drug manufacturers in bringing life-saving therapies…
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Moderna: The Rise of mRNA Vaccines – CMC Operations During a Once-in-a-Lifetime Pandemic
November 23, 2022
Our journey from a “platform” to a “multi-product” company How we achieved the seemingly impossible What we learned along the way Where we are today and where the journey takes us next — Tara Jones SVP, North America Operations Moderna Tara is responsible for end-to-end operations for DNA, Drug Substance, and Drug Product for global clinical trial materials and commercial product for the North America region. Prior to joining Moderna she was at Amgen where she led drug substance operations at Amgen Puerto Rico and was responsible for both the mammalian and bacterial drug substance manufacturing operations for multiple commercial…
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