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Driving Transformation in Quality to Meet the Needs of Our Customers
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Driving Transformation in Quality to Meet the Needs of Our Customers

A relentless visionary, Robin Kumoluyi consistently moves people and organizations forward. Throughout her career, she has expertly crafted complex quality management strategies for multi-billion-dollar matrixed organizations. Committed to the belief that patients and customers must have access to effective medicine, Robin intentionally chose the quality function within the pharmaceutical indutry.

Robin Kumoluyi is the Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Pharmaceuticals at Johnson & Johnson Corporation. Robin has responsibility for Quality & Compliance for the Global Pharmaceuticals Segment in Pre-Market R&D, Supply Chain and Post Market Commercial. Prior to her current role, Robin was VP, Global Quality Services at Johnson & Johnson, where she drove the organization’s Enterprise Quality transformation by defining, leading, and executing the strategic direction and oversight of the Quality Policies, Standards, Digital Healthcare, Innovation and Analytics, Value Chain Quality, and the overall Q&C Strategy and associated processes.

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The Role CDMOs Play in the Future of Medicine — A Conversation with JR Humbert of INCOG BioPharma Services
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The Role CDMOs Play in the Future of Medicine — A Conversation with JR Humbert of INCOG BioPharma Services

JR Humbert is currently the VP, Quality at INCOG BioPharma Services, and created and implemented the quality system at INCOG, which in three years went from company creation through successful FDA inspection in 3 years.

JR has over 20 years of pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry experience in validation, quality, technology transfer, process engineering, and program management. Some of JR’s previous companies include Piramal Pharma Solutions, Roche/Genentech, Hospira, and Cook Pharmica.

JR has participated in multiple global health authority inspections and developed inspection responses. JR has an MBA from Indiana University, and a BA in Chemistry and Biochemistry from the University of Colorado-Boulder.

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Peter Shearstone of Thermo Fisher Scientific — Changing the Compliance Paradigm in Large, Global Companies
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Peter Shearstone of Thermo Fisher Scientific — Changing the Compliance Paradigm in Large, Global Companies

As part of the 2024 edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit we interviewed Peter Shearstone, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s VP Global Quality & Regulatory Affairs, about a themed lunch discussion he hosted that revolved around Compliance in the pharmaceutical space, especially as it related to companies with a worldwide footprint. How does Compliance shape the way businesses function? How is that changing over time? How did the pandemic change the way the pharmaceutical industry thinks about itself and problem-solves? What can large organizations learn from the capabilities and outlook of smaller and more nimble companies? What are the things global companies will always do well, but can still do better? What should every leader working in this space be thinking about and learning about and doing more of to improve themselves, their teams, and the industry as a whole? For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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Fireside Chat: Advancing the Production System
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Fireside Chat: Advancing the Production System

Paisley Matthews is the Vice President of Manufacturing and Safety for Boeing Defense, Space and Security and a member of the Boeing Manufacturing Operations Council. In these roles, she is responsible for ensuring the Defense, Space & Security production system consistently operates in an integrated, lean and effective manner. In this session, Paisley will discuss integrating data visualization tools for better process visibility, as well as implementing Six Sigma methodologies to reduce defects, enhance product quality, and optimize processes for consistent outputs.

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Culture of Quality Excellence Driving Competitive Advantage for Operations
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Culture of Quality Excellence Driving Competitive Advantage for Operations

Why a Culture of Quality Excellence is foundational to achieving manufacturing excellence and leads to competitive advantage for operations. Driving a culture that recognizes the Value of Quality Excellence. How to establish a Culture of Quality Excellence by focusing not only on processes and digital infrastructure but also focusing on Real-world examples of how Quality excellence is translated into manufacturing excellence, including  Vendor Management, Investigational Excellence and End to End QMS. Using Quality data in a proactive and predictive manner in order to deliver value and achieve manufacturing excellence. — RJ Doornbos VP, Global Quality Systems Bristol Myers Squibb As the Head of Global…

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The Quality Equation
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The Quality Equation

Do you want to ensure that you never have a surprise regulatory inspection outcome? The equation incorporates all you need to assess the status of your site and is even better for companies with networks of sites Data integrity, quality culture, process capability, management commitment and Quality Management Systems are all assessed to produce actionable data whether you are overseeing a CMO or operate your own network of sites — Brandon Varnau Head, Industrial Affairs Specialty Care Global Business Unit Quality Operations Sanofi Brandon Varnau is Head of Industrial Affairs Specialty Care Global Business Unit Quality Operations for Sanofi. He…

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Advancing Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Quality
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Advancing Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Quality

 Using innovative thinking to realize a future more “immune” to supply chain disruptions Incentivizing improvements to the pharmaceutical manufacturing infrastructure that enhance the reliability of manufacturing and supply Delivering on the promise of advanced manufacturing to provide reliable, available, high-quality drugs for patients — Michael Kopcha Director, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, CDER FDA Michael Kopcha, Ph.D., R.Ph., Director, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ), is a leader in the development of innovative solutions to resolve scientific, manufacturing, and commercialization issues worldwide – and in standardizing and harmonizing global processes. With more than 25 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, his areas of expertise…

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Moving at the Speed of Science
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Moving at the Speed of Science

Science Will Win: Pfizer’s 5-point plan and industry pledge to finding solutions to the global health crisis Pushing the boundaries of what’s possible: Moving at Lightspeed Hope Changes Lives: The development, manufacture, and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine and oral treatment Key takeaway: Making the Impossible Possible — John Kelly VP, Quality Operations and Environment, Health & Safety, Pfizer Global Supply Pfizer Inc. John F. Kelly is Vice President, Quality Operations and Environment, Health & Safety, responsible for leading the overall Quality function for Pfizer and for leading global EHS across the Company.  John is a member of the PGS…

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Quality 4.0: Making the Shift to Continuously Monitor the Health of your Quality Management System
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Quality 4.0: Making the Shift to Continuously Monitor the Health of your Quality Management System

Discuss the current Quality 4.0 environment and address common roadblocks and keys to success How we are applying what we’ve learned to help companies transition to continuously monitor the health of each component of the quality system with predictive and behavioral analytics Leveraging real-time actionable data to establish a collaborative, proactive and preventive culture Ensuring quick results and getting the most value of your investments in Quality 4.0 initiatives — Jaime Velez Co-Founder Operations & Quality Systems Improvement Experts (OQSIE) Jaime is the co-founder of Operations & Quality Systems Improvement Experts (OQSIE), a management and technical consulting company focused on…

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Quality 4.0: Where Do I Start?
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Quality 4.0: Where Do I Start?

 Discussing the current Quality 4.0 environment and addressing the most common challenge of how to get started Applying what we’ve learned to help companies begin their quality and compliance digital initiatives by leveraging behavioral and predictive analytics Ensuring quick results and getting the most value out of your investments in Quality 4.0 initiatives Jaime Velez Co-founder Operations & Quality Systems Improvement Experts (OQSIE) For the last 15 years Jaime has supported more than one hundred consulting engagements with Life Science companies delivering significant productivity improvements in supply chain and quality systems. He started his consulting career at McKinsey &…

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Disrupting Quality Standards (or Beliefs) Through Digitalization
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Disrupting Quality Standards (or Beliefs) Through Digitalization

 The current state of digital transformation in life science How to disrupt the quality standards: Digital transformation roadmap and the situation ongoing at SBL Digital transformation’s Value proposition: Improve quality, productivity, and for unparalleled client experience Samsung Biologics’ P4 plan and vision: We’re building the future Sam MacHour SVP & Chief Quality Officer Samsung Biologics Prior to joining Samsung Biologics in 2019, Sam spent more than 32 years supporting large MedTech, Bioscience and Biopharmaceutical companies achieve business operational excellence and gain leadership in the areas of Research & Development, Quality, Compliance, Regulatory, Operations and product commercialization. Sam’s experience covers…

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