Executive Interviews
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Array BioPharma: Steadily Moving to Late-Stage Development, Preparing for Commercialization
Executive Summary: Ron Squarer, Chief Executive Officer of Array BioPharma, talks about the company’s pipeline and evolution into a fully integrated, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - BioCellChallenge: Optimizing the Potential of Intracellular Therapeutic Antibodies
Drug Development Executive: Dr. Laurent Meunier, CEO of BioCellChallenge, discusses the development of a new liposomal formulation allowing the use of intracellular therapeutic antibodies.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Hermes Pharma: User-Friendly Dosage Forms, a Win-Win Situation for Patients & Pharma
Drug Development Executive: Dr. Thomas Hein, Director, Sales & Business Development at Hermes Pharma, discusses how user-friendly dosage forms help put patients first, their advantages for patients and pharmaceutical companies, as well as the challenges associated with their development and production.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Gerresheimer: Understanding Customer Requirements
Drug Development Executive: Andreas Schütte, Member of the Management Board, Plastics & Devices Division, discusses his important role in Gerresheimer’s divisional restructuring process, and how he is convinced the new structure better reflects customer requirements.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - EMD Millipore: Enhancing the Bioavailability of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
Drug Development Executive: Steffen Denzinger, Head of Portfolio Development at EMD Millipore, talks about bioavailability challenges and how EMD Millipore’s formulation portfolio and expertise are helping the pharmaceutical industry achieve maximum efficacy with APIs.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Battelle: Innovation in Drug Delivery Through Integrated Science & Engineering
Drug Development Executive: Amy Heintz, PhD, Senior Research Scientist at Battelle, speaks about the company’s relationship with customers and the importance of integrating device design, formulation, and human factors in the development of safe and efficient drug delivery solutions.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Aptar Pharma: From Self-Injection to Auto-Injection
Pierre Carlotti, Vice-President of Marketing and Communication for Aptar Pharma Prescription Division, talks about the market for auto-injectors and some relevant market trends, and explains how his company went about designing and developing a novel auto-injector.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Catalent Applied Drug Delivery Institute: Helping to Get Better Drugs to Waiting Patients, Encouraging the Adoption of Advanced Delivery Technologies
Drug Development Executive: Kurt Nielsen, PhD, CTO & SVP, Innovation & Growth, and Founding Institute Board Member, discusses the Institute, its goals, structure, and activities.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Ligand: Effective Drug Delivery Solutions With Captisol
Drug Development Executive: Vincent D. Antle, PhD, Senior Director of Technical Operations, and James D. Pipkin, PhD, Senior Director, New Product Development talk about how the company works closely with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies offering drug delivery solutions that significantly improve stability, solubility, bioavailability, safety, and dosing of APIs.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Capsugel DFS: Integrating Technology for Innovative Finished Dosage Forms
Drug Development Executive: Amit Patel, President of Capsugel’s Dosage Form Solutions business unit, speaks about the formulation challenges facing the industry and the increasing pressure on companies to remain competitive in today’s dynamic marketplace.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Vetter: Successfully Bridging the Innovation Gap in Drug Development & Manufacturing
BIOGRAPHY Claudia Roth, PhD President, Vetter Development Service Chicago “We are noticing that CDMOs are acting more and more as the interface between small biotech…
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - West Pharmaceutical Services: Celebrating 90 Years of Healthcare Innovation
Drug Development Executive: Donald E. Morel, Jr., PhD, Chairman and CEO, West, discusses how the company works closely with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to deliver life-changing therapies safely and effectively to patients.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Radius Health, Inc.: New Solutions for Healthy Aging
Drug Development Executive: Michael S. Wyzga, President & CEO of Radius Health, Inc., discusses what his company is bringing to the underserved market for women’s healthy aging solutions.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - SNBL, Ltd.: Innovation in Drug Delivery Enabled Through a Unique Business Model
Drug Development Executive: Dr. Shunji Haruta, Founder of NDS (Nasal Delivery Systems) Division and Executive Officer, SNBL, Ltd., discusses how NDS Division and its powder nasal delivery platform, µco System, fit into a new paradigm.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Agere: Solubilization: Accessing Broader Chemistries by Integrating Fundamental Science With Automation for Greater Predictability
Drug Development Executive: Marshall Crew, President & CEO of Agere, discusses how the company is taking a different approach that leverages expertise, but relies heavily on the principles of physical chemistry to enable automation.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - AAIPharma: Making the CDMO a One-Stop-Shop for Manufacturing, Development & Analytical Services
Drug Development Executive: Patrick Walsh, CEO, and Board Director of AAIPharma Services Corp., talks about the role of a CDMO in today’s pharma and biotech space, why companies may choose to partner with a CDMO, and how the company has managed to maintain a leading position in the market.
