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Redefining Competition: Thinking About Our Industry in a Revolutionary Way
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Redefining Competition: Thinking About Our Industry in a Revolutionary Way

What are we doing today to get ready for the realities of our industry a decade from now? Debating what we will need in terms of leadership, people, technology, territory, and resources to grow into new markets with new products in an ever-changing regulatory landscape Is the answer steady growth, or improving agility and versatility, or some third option? Making the case that our industry needs to work together better as individual actors on a shared stage — Kimball Hall serves as the Senior Vice President and Head of Drug Substance Biologics Manufacturing and is a member of the Genentech…

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Leveraging Global Change to Create Strategic Opportunity —and Design a New Future— for Manufacturing and Supply Chain Leaders

Discussing the global forces shaping the healthcare environment. How is the industry’s current business model being questioned and the definition of innovation shifting? Understanding how the evolution of patients, consolidation of customers, and pressures on cost will accelerate while new players continue to enter the industry and redefine our paradigms Shedding light on the impact of these changes on manufacturing, quality, and supply chain Making the case that the strategic opportunity for our leaders has never been greater Sharing examples of how Teva is taking a leading role in shaping our new future — R. Ananth (Raghunathan Ananthanarayanan) has more…

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Panel: Looking Forward – Where are Biopharmaceutical Manufacturers Going, and How Should We Get There?

Talking about the state of the biotech industry today: Which emerging trend will see the most growth? People and technology: How are these forces working together to grow and mature our industry? Discussing challenges in capacity planning, make-buy decisions, and supply chain management What is the next big challenge and the next big opportunity facing our community? Are we ready for it? — Moderator: Patrick Yang, Former EVP, Technical Operations, Genentech Dr. Patrick Y. Yang has over 35 years leadership experience in technology, manufacturing, supply chain, and operational management functions in General Electric, Merck, Genentech and Roche. He was Executive…

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Digital Transformation with Business Impact for Manufacturers
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Digital Transformation with Business Impact for Manufacturers

Chris Dobbrow, the Senior Vice President of Sight Machine, spoke at the Biomanufacturing World Summit in San Diego, CA in November 2016. His presentation was entitled: Digital Transformation with Business Impact for Manufacturers Proving that the most valuable data in manufacturing is from production itself Choosing the right goals and outcomes to make a difference Connecting disparate IT systems together into a unified whole Building a scalable approach for the enterprise, step-by-step: Start small to go big Understanding why data lakes and bespoke projects don’t scale Illustrating successful projects with concrete examples

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Bringing a Quality Focus to CMO Management
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Bringing a Quality Focus to CMO Management

Walter Cespedes led a roundtable lunch and learn discussion about bringing a quality focus to CMO management at the  2016 edition of the Biomanufacturing World Summit. We asked him a few questions about how it went. — Walter Cespedes is a seasoned executive with over 28 years of industry Quality experience. Mr. Cespedes serves as Executive Director, Third Party and Commercial Quality Americas for Teva (Actavis).  Prior to this appointment, he served as VP Corporate Quality for Durata Therapeutics, Inc.  Mr. Cespedes has also held a position as a Senior Director of Corporate Quality Assurance for MEDA Pharmaceuticals. Prior to his…

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The Role of Manufacturing in a Successful Biosimilar Strategy
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The Role of Manufacturing in a Successful Biosimilar Strategy

Peter Moesta spoke on November 15th at the 2016 edition of the Biomanufacturing World Summit. His keynote presentation was entitled, The Role of Manufacturing in a Successful Biosimilar Strategy. — Peter Moesta has more than 30 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and a strong understanding of manufacturing and launching complex biologics. Before joining TPI, he was senior vice president of Biologics Manufacturing at Bristol-Myers Squibb, where he oversaw the development, production and worldwide launch of numerous significant biologics, including oncology products Yervoy and Opdivo. Previous to this role, Peter held various leadership positions in biologics development and manufacturing…

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Bringing Virtual Reality Tools to Biopharmaceutical Manufacturers
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Bringing Virtual Reality Tools to Biopharmaceutical Manufacturers

Michelle Stafford of GE Healthcare demonstrated new virtual reality tools at the Biomanufacturing World Summit. Executives were able to tour a facility in China and step inside a bioreactor to inspect its internal workings. Will these new tools become an industry standard in the near future? — GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to deliver better care to more people around the…

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How Companies and Communities Find Success Together
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How Companies and Communities Find Success Together

Frank McCrady attended the 2016 edition of the Biomanufacturing World Summit. In this interview, he shares some of his thoughts about what companies are looking for when they are evaluating where they want to do business and who they want to do business with. — With nearly 30 years of experience in economic development and banking, Frank McCrady has spent 14 of those years as EMCID’s President and CEO, elevating East Montgomery County through strategic planning to a community ready for growth. Under his leadership, development has soared and sales tax revenue for the 158-square mile improvement district has increased…

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