Speaker Group: Speaker

Neil Firth works for Garlock Hygienic Technologies, members of EHEDG, and suppliers of hygienic and aseptic seals to the pharmaceutical industry world wide.

Alex Wheeler joined Wickham Laboratories Ltd in 2016 as a technician in our Quality Control section and was promoted to a Section Head within our Sterility section in 2019. His keen interest in science particularly in genomics, molecular medicine and microbiology lead him to graduate with a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry from Portsmouth University in… Read more »

Dr Mark Cresswell is responsible for the development of new inorganic-based materials for healthcare applications. His work covers the full product/material development cycle: design, preparation, analysis and critical evaluation. Mark is particularly interested in the use of glass and glass-ceramic materials for controlled release applications. Mark has a PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from Keele… Read more »

Benjamin Gavinet studied Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Université Paul Sabatier, France. He joined in 2017 the Dermopharmaceutical excipient division of SEPPIC, with a focus on bringing new technical solutions for topical applications through innovative polymers. In link to that, he now works on developing well-known actives into new therapeutic indications.

Julie is an eligible Qualified Person for IMPs and has worked within pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practise for over 30 years.  She has experience in Head of Quality roles covering Quality Assurance and Quality Control activities (both analytical and microbiological testing).  She has worked predominantly in industry but also within NHS pharmaceutical manufacturing.  Her experience covers… Read more »

Alexander Luy is a Technical Service Manager at Bilcare Research GmbH. In addition to technical support for our customers and an interface to production, he is also responsible for sustainability and recycling. Before joining Bilcare Research in 2018, he successfully completed his dual studies as an industrial engineer.

Martin is Director of Martin Warman Consultancy Ltd. He spent 7 years at Vertex, developing the Vertex continuous manufacturing (CM) platform, on which the first approved CM products are manufactured. He has over 25 years’ experience in the field having previously led the Global PAT Development Team, Pfizer Global Manufacturing Martin is on the Exec… Read more »

Suzanne has been communicating using the written word for over 25 years in journalism; publishing, communications and PR. She has been a freelancer for more than 10 years, and writes about pharmaceutical R&D, consumer healthcare and medicine, and the healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, for industry, science, healthcare professional and patient audiences. She writes daily… Read more »