The Making Pharmaceuticals & Distributing Pharmaceuticals conference programme is free to attend, with parallel conference streams, giving visitors a huge choice of topics.
Most sessions run in parallel so you can move between the different conference rooms, creating your own tailored conference programme to suit your interests and professional information requirements.
If you would like to be involved in next year’s programme, please contact Victoria Emerton.
25 April
Room A
9:30 am
Successfully Overcoming Challenges to Supply Chain Oversight, Including GMP Audits in a Post Pandemic Environment
Speaker
David Waddington Executive Director, Pharmaceutical Services - NSF
9:50 am
Environmental Monitoring System approaches for Isolator and Filling Line Systems
Speaker
Andy Worsick Sales Executive - EMS Particle Solutions
10:10 am
The Importance of Trade Associations – A Research & Development Perspective
Speaker
Karen Harvey Membership Manager - Chemical Business Association
10:30 am
Break & Exhibition
11:30 am
Understanding CPV (Continued/Continuous Process Verification)
Speaker
Bob Hayes Vice-Chair, Pharmaceuticals Technical Activities Committee - Institution of Mechanical Engineers
11:50 am
Engineering Processes – From Lab Bench to GMP Manufacturing
Speaker
Victoria Cavalier-Hirth Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Enesi Pharma
12:10 pm
12:30 pm
Break & Exhibition
2:00 pm
KEYNOTE ROOM A: The Agile Quality System: Doing More with Less – Faster
Speaker
Martin Lush Ex-VP - NSF International
3:00 pm
Break & Exhibition
3:45 pm
Reimagining Hard Shell Capsules – Liquid Filling for Enhancing Drug Delivery and Combination Products
Speaker
Dr Simon Roberts Scientific Business Development Manager Europe - ACG Europe Ltd
4:05 pm
New Insights into the influence of Pharmacel® MCC Grades on Tablet Compression Behaviour and Quality
Speaker
Dr Enosh Mwesigwa Technical Product Manager - Pharma - Azelis
4:25 pm
Formulation of Mucoadhesive Dosage Forms: Materials, Approaches and Applications
Speaker
Prof Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy Professor of Formulation Science - University of Reading
Room B
9:30 am
9:50 am
Primary Validation of a RMM For At-line Bioburden Analysis of Pharmaceutical Water
Speaker
Dr. Jürgen Illerhaus Business Development Manager - BWT Pharma Division
10:10 am
How to Overcome Challenges in the Formulation of ODT
Speaker
Shilpa Mistry Head of Pharma,UK and Ireland - Chemlink Specialities
10:30 am
Break & Exhibition
11:30 am
The Revised IPEC Significant Change Guide for Pharmaceutical Excipients
Speaker
Adrian Bone Senior Advisor - IPEC Europe
12:00 pm
12:40 pm
Break & Exhibition
2:00 pm
KEYNOTE ROOM A: The Agile Quality System: Doing More with Less – Faster
Speaker
- Martin Lush Ex-VP - NSF International
3:00 pm
Break & Exhibition
3:45 pm
Advances in Disinfection Validation Aligned to Annex 1 Changes
Speaker
David Collins Global Technical Consultant - Ecolab
4:05 pm
Reducing Risk and Save Cost with New Surface Cleaning System
Speaker
Sean Imlay President - FG Clean Wipes
4:25 pm
In-line UV-Vis Spectrophotometry for the Process Control of Pharmaceutical Cleaning, Batching and Manufacturing
Speaker
Luke Hulse MEng Chemical Engineering Final Year - University of Bath
Room C
9:30 am
Tableting Oily APIs
Speaker
Dr Gernot Warnke Head of R&D - JRS PHARMA
9:50 am
Innovative Bi-phasic Stickpack Drug Delivery System for Dexamethasone with GalenIQ 960
Speaker
Dr Michael Black Head of Sales Pharma - Beneo Palatinit GmbH
10:10 am
Highly Potent API Occupational H&S When Making Pharmaceuticals
Speaker
Justin Mason-Home Director/Owner - HPAPI Project Services Limited
10:30 am
Break & Exhibition
11:30 am
Update to Manufacturing Classification System
Speaker
Dr Kendal Pitt Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences
12:00 pm
Formulation Science and Process Engineering for Drug Product Development
Speaker
Prof Dr Bindhu Gururajan Senior Expert, Science and Technology - Novartis
12:30 pm
Break & Exhibition
2:00 pm
KEYNOTE ROOM A: The Agile Quality System: Doing More with Less – Faster
Speaker
- Martin Lush Ex-VP - NSF International
3:00 pm
Break & Exhibition
3:45 pm
ETERNAL – A New Collaboration to Establish Safe and Sustainable Pharmaceutical Lifecycles by Design
Speaker
Dr John Henderson Technical Communications Specialist - Britest Limited
4:05 pm
Cleaning – Switch from Solvents to Detergent Cleaning in API Manufacturing
Speaker
Thomas Altmann Technical Consultant & Validation Manager - Ecolab
4:25 pm
Auditing Annex 16 – Role and Influence of the QP on Audit Programme Design
Speaker
Peter Deegan RSSL Consultant Training Ambassador - RSSL
4:45 pm
How to Minimise False Positives During Sterility Testing
Speaker
Chris Berridge Ecolab Ltd
Room D
9:30 am
Electronic Production Records Utilising Technology to Enable Innovation in Life Sciences
Speaker
Paul Irving Principal Consultant - Northern Life Sciences Ltd
9:50 am
Auditing for Data Integrity – An Holistic Perspective
Speaker
David Thompson Principal Consultant and Managing Director - Clarity Compliance Solutions Limited
10:10 am
Annex 1: How Will Annex 1 Impact Pharma Companies?
Speaker
Philip Rose Executive Director - NSF
10:30 am
Break & Exhibition
11:30 am
ChemoSeed®: An Implantable Drug Delivery Technology for the Localised Treatment of High Grade Gliomas
Speaker
Dr Chris McConville Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutics, Formulation and Drug Delivery - University of Birmingham
12:00 pm
Harnessing the Power of Micro- and Nano- Systems in Pharmaceutical Science
Speaker
Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham Lecturer in Pharmaceutics - Kings College London
12:30 pm
Frameworks For Enhanced Analytics in the Pharmaceutical Industry in The United Kingdom
Speaker
Tien Quach PhD Candidate - University of Nottingham
Break & Exhibition
2:00 pm
KEYNOTE ROOM A: The Agile Quality System: Doing More with Less – Faster
Speaker
- Martin Lush Ex-VP - NSF International
3:00 pm
Break & Exhibition
3:45 pm
A Journey into the Wonderful World of Emerging Technologies for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Speaker
Prof. Dimitrios Lamprou Chair of Biofabrication & Advanced Manufacturing - Queens University Belfast
4:15 pm
Direct Granule Feeding of Thermal 3D Printing of Pharmaceutical Solid Dosage Forms
Speaker
Prof Sheng Qi Professor of Pharmaceutical Material Science and Technology - University of East Anglia
Room E
9:30 am
Workshop: Making Pharmaceuticals… Sustainably?
Speakers
Adam Hawthorne Senior Process Engineer, - PM Group, ISPE UK Facilitator
Adrian LaPorta Technical Director - Bryden Wood (IChemE Facilitator)
Claire Edwards Haleon
10:30 am
Break & Exhibition
11:30 am
The Future of Pharma Distribution – Embracing the Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) Model
Speaker
Laura Palmer Business Development Director - PHL Group
11:50 am
Route from Quality Assurance to Responsible Person
Speaker
Migle Mikalajunaite Quality Contoller, RP and RPi - Syner-Med Pharmaceutical Products Ltd
12:10 pm
The Transportation of APIs: Practical Issues Relating to GDP Guideline 6.14
Speaker
Nick Carter Director / Designated Person - Wessex Fine Chemicals Ltd
12:30 pm
Outsourcing – Choosing Your Service Provider
Speakers
Gaynor Brummitt Director & Senior Consultant - SeerPharma UK
Madeleine Ault Director and Senior Consultant - SeerPharma (UK)
12:50 pm
Break & Exhibition
2:00 pm
KEYNOTE ROOM A: The Agile Quality System: Doing More with Less – Faster
Speaker
- Martin Lush Ex-VP - NSF International
3:00 pm
Break & Exhibition
3:45 pm
26 April
Room A
9:15 am
IPEC Excipient Information Package and the New Sustainability Chapter
Speaker
Geertrui Haest Cargill and IPEC Europe
9:45 am
The Role of Excipients in Determining N-Nitrosamine Risks for Drug Products
Speaker
Andrew Teasdale AstraZeneca and IPEC Europe
10:15 am
Break & Exhibition
11:30 am
KEYNOTE ROOM A: Making a Covid 19 Vaccine During a Pandemic – A QP’s Perspective
Speaker
Richard Tarrant Contract Consultant & Qualified Person (QP) - RTMP Consultancy Ltd
12:30 pm
Break & Exhibition
2:00 pm
Applying for a Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (WDA(H))
Speakers
Alan Bentley Director - SeerPharma (UK)
Shahbaz Sarwar Director and Senior Consultant - SeerPharma UK
2:20 pm
How to Achieve Sustainable GDP Compliance
Speaker
Mark King Associate Director, Quality (QP, RP, RPi) - JensonR+ Ltd
2:40 pm
Effective Training in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Speaker
Dominic Parry Director - Inspired Pharma Training
3:00 pm
Break & Exhibition
Room B
9:15 am
How to Effectively Manage a Remediation Programme
Speaker
Giby George MD, Senior Consultant and QP - GMP Healthcare
9:55 am
Rapid Approval for Parallel Import Submissions
Speaker
David Guest Ex-MHRA Part-Time, Independent Consultant - Parallel Import Licencing
10:15 am
Break & Exhibition
11:30 am
KEYNOTE ROOM A: Making a Covid 19 Vaccine During a Pandemic – A QP’s Perspective
Speaker
- Richard Tarrant Contract Consultant & Qualified Person (QP) - RTMP Consultancy Ltd
12:30 pm
Break & Exhibition
2:00 pm
Amorphous Solid Dispersion Formulation and Compaction Process Optimization Using Quality by Design Principles and Tools
Speaker
Hetvi Triboandas PhD Student - De Montfort University
2:20 pm
An Introduction to Particle Size Analysis Basics for Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Formulations
Speaker
Dr Mauro Cappelluti Product Manager Particle Characterisation - HORIBA UK Ltd
2:40 pm
Emerging Technologies for Making Pharmaceuticals at the Point of Care
Speaker
Dr Dennis Doroumis Professor in Pharmaceutical Technology and Process Engineering - University of Greenwich
3:00 pm
Break & Exhibition
Room C
9:15 am
9:35 am
Pharmaceutical Supplier Qualification
Speaker
Richard Coe GDP Responsible Person - Protogen Consulting
9:55 am
Engineers’ Role in Managing Third Party Engineering Service Contracts
Speaker
Zhiru Tang Platforms Engineering Manager - GSK
10:15 am
10:35 am
Lite MES – A Case Study for Agile Digital Manufacturing
Speaker
Neil Wetherall Managing Director - Factorytalk Limited
Break & Exhibition
11:30 am
KEYNOTE ROOM A: Making a Covid 19 Vaccine During a Pandemic – A QP’s Perspective
Speaker
- Richard Tarrant Contract Consultant & Qualified Person (QP) - RTMP Consultancy Ltd
12:30 pm
Break & Exhibition
2:00 pm
Bio-decontamination Procedures According to the Latest ANNEX – Use of VHP Generators
Speaker
Luca Marchesi Managing Director - PURE+ LTD
2:20 pm
Trends in Microbial Monitoring of Air in Aseptic Manufacturing
Speaker
John Cobb GMP Microbiologist - PMT (GB) Ltd
2:40 pm
Understanding Regulations – Examining the Impact of the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) on Automated Airborne Disinfection Systems and Their Use in Aseptic Processing Facilities
Speaker
John Chewins Scientific and Regulatory Director - Ecolab
3:00 pm
Break & Exhibition
Room D
9:15 am
Screening of Pharmaceutical Polymorphs
Speaker
Dr Ruwanthi Gurusinghe Formulation Scientist - Custom Pharma Services
9:35 am
Raman Imaging – Not Just a Powerful Research Technique But Also a Fully Validated QC Tool
Speaker
Dr Adam Holland Senior Product Manager, Raman and micro-PL spectroscopy - HORIBA
9:55 am
A-TEEM (Absorbance – Transmission Excitation Emission Matrix) – the Future of PAT and QC/QA in Biopharmaceutical Production
Speaker
Dr Giorgia Marucci Regional Product Manager - Fluorescence Spectroscopy - HORIBA
10:15 am
Break & Exhibition
11:30 am
KEYNOTE ROOM A: Making a Covid 19 Vaccine During a Pandemic – A QP’s Perspective
Speaker
- Richard Tarrant Contract Consultant & Qualified Person (QP) - RTMP Consultancy Ltd
12:30 pm
Break & Exhibition
2:00 pm
Capsule to Tablet: Excipient Choices for a Flexible Formulation Strategy
Speaker
Dr Sandeep Kumar Formulation Development Manager - COLORCON
2:20 pm
Screening and Scale-up Techniques for Pharmaceutical Multi-Component Crystalline Drugs
Speaker
Dr Steven Ross Senior Formulation Scientist - Custom Pharma Services
2:40 pm
Digital CMC: The New Paradigm for Drug Development
Speakers
Sana Ahmed Director of Quality by Design - QbDVision
Lewis Shipp Digital CMC Specialist - QbDVision
3:00 pm
Break & Exhibition
Room E
9:15 am
Workshop: Helping to Secure the Pharmaceutical Excipient Supply Chain
Speakers
Melissa O’Grady SHEQ Manager at The Customer Excellence Centre - Croda
Alan Bentley Director, Senior Consultant - Seer Pharma UK
Jackson Oh Quality Auditor - GSK
Dr Iain Moore Head of Global Quality Assurance, Croda - EXCiPACT
Ian McKeown PQG
10:30 am
Break & Exhibition
11:00 am
Workshop: The Future of the Pharma Industry and What it Will Take to Succeed
Speaker
- Martin Lush Ex-VP - NSF International
1:30 pm
Break & Exhibition
2:00 pm
Innovative and Disruptive Cell Transportation and Storage of Medium Product
Speaker
Abeer AL Hubaysh Research Scientist - Life Science Group (LSG)
3:00 pm
Break & Exhibition
