Pharmapack Awards

Gregor founded Pharmacentric Solutions Ltd in 2017 to deliver consultancy services for the Pharma Industry specialising in device and packaging development and strategies from early concept through to commercial supply. Prior to this Gregor was Senior Design Director at GSK working as a device and packaging specialist and has over 30 years’ experience in Pharma and Medical Device design and is a named inventor on over 40 patents and has presented widely on topics such as Digital, Patient Centric Design and Pharma road mapping. He has a B.Sc. in Industrial Design and a M.Sc. in Polymer Science and Engineering. After 3 years at Smiths Medical Systems he joined the Device Development Unit at GSK R&D. He led platform developments including injectable and respiratory devices. In 2009 Greg moved to GSK Manufacturing as Global Head of Technical Packaging. In 2017 he authored the Technology and Innovation road map for UK Pharma.

Dr Pascale Gauthier is Pharmacist (D.Pharm) with background research (Masters in Biopharmaceutical, a specific Master (DEA) in Pharmacokinetics and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology) from Auvergne University. Charged of courses and involved in several patents,
international publications and conferences, her researches focused on modified release forms, pharmaceutical design & categories of users, digital in
health area as well as innovative packaging and formulations in cosmetic world.

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Daniele has over 10 years’ experience of purchasing in Global Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Supply Chain environments. He has held roles with increasing responsibility in multiple locations across Europe.  At Abbott Laboratories, he enhanced his procurement expertise and pharmaceutical knowledge while based at a manufacturing plant in Italy, in the divisional offices in London & Dublin and also in the headquarters in Basel.

Daniele joined Ferring HQ near Lausanne (CH) in October 2013 as Global Category Manager, in charge of the global purchasing strategy and its execution for key packaging materials and medical devices used in Ferring Finished Products.

Daniele was appointed Head of Purchasing, Solids and Packaging Cluster in February 2017 and Director of Product Supply Direct Procurement in November 2017.

Daniele has a Masters Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Rome, Italy, followed by an MBA at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Dublin, Ireland.

Lionel Jeannin is an Arts & Métiers ParisTech Engineer with a Master degree in Business Administration from IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management.
He earned certificates in Biochemistry and Biology respectively from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.He has more than 22 years’ experience in the Medical Device and Pharmaceutical industry and has worked as a Project and Development Team Manager in the Industrial Engineering, Ophthalmic surgery Medical Devices, Parenteral Nutrition and OTC/Rx Pharmaceutical development domains.He is currently heading the Oral Packaging and Delivery Systems Group in the Global Device and Packaging Development department of Novartis Pharma Technical Research and Development division.

Corinne Ondo leads the sourcing strategy of glass primary containers for Healthcare and through her team, she also coordinates the procurement of raw materials and packaging for Merck Biotech sites. Before joining Merck in 2015, she had over 20 years of international experience in the luxury business, consumer goods, automotive and oil & gas industry. She is an engineer, graduated from French ESIGELEC Graduate School of Engineering.

Dr Joël Richard is currently Head of Technical & Pharmaceutical Operations at MedinCell (Montpellier, France). He is leading all the pharmaceutical development and non-clinical pharmaco/toxico-kinetic activities of the company, specialized in the development of Long-Acting Injectables.(LAIs), using the proprietary technology BEPO®. Dr Richard has 30 years of experience in chemistry and biopharmaceutical R&D, including several global senior positions in various Biotech and Pharma companies, such as: -Senior Vice President, Pharmaceutical Development –Peptides in Ipsen (France), -Vice President, Drug Product Development in Ipsen (France), -Director, Pharmaceutical Development in Serono and Merck Serono (Italy, Germany), -Vice President Research, and Europe R&D Director at Ethypharm (France), -COO at Mainelab (France), a drug delivery company he co-founded, which was specialized in developing solvent-free processes for protein delivery systems. Since 1996, Dr Richard has focused his research activity on new formulation technologies and drug delivery systems (such as microspheres, nano systems, gelling systems, chemically-modified proteins, supercritical fluid technology . . .), especially for injectable peptide and protein formulations. Dr Richard has graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure (Cachan, France). He has got a PhD in Materials Science from University of Paris, France, and the “Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches” degree in Chemistry from University of Bordeaux I. He has published 68 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 8 book chapters and 2 review editorials in various fields (colloids and interfaces, drug delivery systems, supercritical fluids, protein formulations, nanoparticles,…). He is the author of more than 140 international communications and 55patent families.

Packaging Engineer graduated from former-ESIEC (now ESIREIMS), Packing and Packaging Engineer School from Reims, Arnaud Steiner evolves in this world of packaging since his beginnings. After 5 years in the pharmaceutical industry for human health at AstraZeneca, on sites
of Reims and Dunkerque, he continued for 10 years in the food industry at Hochland near Verdun. Since 3 years, he is now in the pharmaceutical industry for animal health at Virbac, the 6th veterinary company worldwide, where he is head of primary packaging development in the Corporate pharma R&D department.

Martin Folger is currently (since September 2018) Head of Risk Management Sciences, Compliance and Quality within the global function Pharmaceutical Sciences at Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH. He is a pharmacist and holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. After starting his career working in pharmaceutical manufacturing of oral solid dosage forms for two years for a major US-based pharmaceutical company, he joined the Animal Health business of Boehringer Ingelheim in 1997 as a manager in formulation development. From 2002 until September 2018 he was Head of Global CMC Development Pharmaceuticals and responsible for all CMC-related activities including e.g. packaging development. He currently also has the role as the Qualified Person for investigational veterinary product.