Executive Interviews
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Credence MedSystems: Implementing a Flexible Manufacturing Line to Deliver Innovation in Drug Delivery to the Pharmaceutical Industry
Jeffrey Tillack, Chief Operating Officer at Credence MedSystems, discusses the challenges being addressed by his innovative technology and the role its new Flex Line will play in the company’s scaling strategy.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Emergent CDMO: A Molecule-to-Market Partner for Complex Biologics
Bill Hartzel, Senior Vice President and Head of CDMO Business, discusses the company’s plans for current and future CDMO operations and client partnership opportunities.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - BIOVECTRA: mRNA & the Future of Pharma
Marc Sauer, PhD, discusses his new position, growth at BIOVECTRA, and how he believes mRNA technologies can best be leveraged to improve the lives of patients.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Catalent: Developing & Delivering Billions of Doses of Drugs Every Year
Alessandro Maselli, President and Chief Operating Officer of Catalent, talks about his company’s unique approach to drug development partnerships as he prepares to become the company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer on July 1, 2022.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Adare Pharma Solutions: The Journey to Become a Full-Service Provider
Tom Sellig, CEO at Adare Pharma Solutions, discusses his expectations for Adare and how he can leverage his 30-plus years of pharma experience to put Adare in a competitive position to address complex formulation and development challenges.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - PCI Pharma Services: Broadening Our Biologics Footprint, Together
Shawn Cain, SVP Development & Manufacturing at PCI Pharma Services, discusses the recent acquisition, the opportunities this presents to Biopharma companies, and the current trends in the sterile fill-finish industry.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Syner-G BioPharma: A Track Record of CMC Excellence
Prabu Nambiar, PhD, Founder and CEO Syner-G, discusses the company’s evolution, its approach to CMC, and the future of the organization.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - inVibe: Changing the Research Game With Voice
Fabio Gratton, CEO of inVibe, discusses patient-focused drug development (PFDD), his company’s language model, and the value this technology brings to a patient’s treatment journey.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Kytosan USA, Inc.: Blazing a Trail in Chitosan Manufacturing in the United States
Dr. Joseph F. Bristow, Chief Technology Officer for Kytosan USA, discusses chitosan and its impact on the pharmaceutical industry, as well as Kytosan USA’s production plans.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Disrupting Treatment Paradigms
Nancy Lurker, President and CEO of EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, discusses how she is not only working to disrupt treatment paradigms in ophthalmic drug delivery, but also disrupting leadership paradigms as a female CEO of a company with 2020 total revenues of $34.4 million.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - GATC Health & Liquid Biosciences: Faster, Cheaper, More Effective Drug Discovery
Ian Jenkins, Director of Science, and Jeff Moses, CMO at GATC Health, discuss the combined benefits of their MAT platform and Liquid Biosciences’ Emerge mathematical evolution platform to help identify the right biology sooner and focus on a smaller set of potential compounds early in the pre-clinical development process to enable pharma companies to develop drugs with more efficiency and a higher success rate.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Quotient Sciences: Unique Considerations & Challenges When Developing Palatable Pediatric Formulations
Nazim Kanji, Executive Director, Pediatric Services at Quotient Sciences, discusses the unique considerations and challenges when developing palatable pediatric formulations, so that molecules can become cures, fast.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Emergent CDMO: Making the Impossible, Possible for Biopharma Innovators
Catherine Hanley, Vice President & Interim CDMO Business Unit Head at Emergent BioSolutions, discusses the company’s plans for current and future CDMO operations and client partnership opportunities.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Croda: Solutions for Your High Value Drug Products
Dr. Stephen Rumbelow, Life Sciences Research Fellow for Croda Inc., discusses polysorbates, a key excipient used for stabilizing drug molecules in injectable dosage forms.
DRUG DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE - Poseida Therapeutics: Creating the Next Wave of Cell & Gene Therapies With the Capacity to Cure
Eric M. Ostertag, MD, PhD, CEO of Poseida Therapeutics, discusses the company’s innovative approach to develop safer, more effective, accessible and affordable cell and gene therapies for patients.
DRUG DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE - Enteris BioPharma: How to Build a Preferred CDMO Partner
Dr. Paul Shields, COO of Enteris BioPharma, discusses the changing face of the CDMO industry and how his company plans to leverage its newly expanded CDMO operations to take advantage of a variety of growth opportunities to build deeper partnerships.
DRUG DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE - Quotient Sciences: Breaking Down the Silos Between Drug Substance & Drug Product
Mark Egerton, PhD, CEO of Quotient Sciences, discusses how integrating these capabilities cuts through functional silos, simplifies drug development, and affirms Quotient’s belief that molecules need to become cures, fast.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Poseida Therapeutics: Creating the Next Wave of Cell & Gene Therapies With the Capacity to Cure
Eric M. Ostertag, MD, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Poseida Therapeutics, discusses the company’s innovative approach to develop safer, more effective, accessible and affordable cell and gene therapies for patients.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Micropore: Innovation in Drug Delivery
Dai Hayward, CEO at Micropore, discusses his company’s expertise and underpinning technology in the development of safe, efficient, and scalable continuous manufacturing of drug delivery solutions.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Lexaria Bioscience Corp.: Stretching Its Legs
John Docherty, President of Lexaria, discusses how the company’s recent uplist to the NASDAQ has resulted in its largest capital injection to date, which will allow it to focus on preclinical and clinical testing programs for DehydraTECH formulations across three main areas of interest.