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Bjarne Sørensen is a director of front-end innovation at Phillips-Medisize, based in the company’s development centre in Denmark. With more than 35 years of experience within product, strategy, and business development, Bjarne has a very visible track record within different business areas. At Phillips-Medisize, he participates in customer projects, typically involving electronic injectors and connected health systems. He is also deeply involved in new electronic platform programs, especially on conceptual, technical, and sustainability aspects.
Tiffany McIntire has been working as a human factors engineer for five years, developing delivery systems and labelling strategies in the pharmaceutical industry. After her studies in industrial/organisational psychology, she started her career at Lilly, where she worked on a range of combination products, including dial-and-dose injectors for insulin, autoinjectors, pre-filled syringes, digital products and an emergency inhalation device. After working at Lilly, she jumped across the pond to Germany, joining a recently established device group within Boehringer Ingelheim. While there, she worked to deepen the team's knowledge of HF and improve their quality management system and vendor management. At the beginning of August, she joined the Roche HF team in Basel, Switzerland, to work with the team there, generating external, scientific publications as well as guiding the team towards best practices in HF.
Ram Halthore has a BS in engineering from the University of Mysore in India and a MS in polymer engineering from the University of Akron, USA. Ram has over 23 years of experience in the development and commercialisation of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biologics, and combination products, including contact lenses, ophthalmic devices, pre-filled syringes, inhalation devices, implants, autoinjectors, and on-body injectors. In his current role, Ram is responsible for the lifecycle management of marketed combination products and the commercialisation of new combination products. Before joining Merck, Ram held progressive positions at 3M, Johnson & Johnson, Amgen, and Teva.
Reto Falk is a director and leads a team in account and business development for Ypsomed. Reto has extensive experience driving growth as a partner for MedTech, pharmaceutical, and biotech companies.
In 2020, he joined Ypsomed with a focus on fostering and expanding the company’s global customer base.
Reto has more than 25 years of experience in executive global sales and marketing roles with MedTech providers, including Straumann, Camlog, and Geistlich Pharma.
Novartis Pharma AG
Leandro Calle Burger is a Senior Primary Packaging Expert (at Novartis) with more than 20 years of experience in developing primary containers for different therapeutic applications. Since 7 years he successfully developed prefilled syringes for the ophthalmic area for Novartis. He has a degree in BSc Mechanical Engineering and has an EMBA. In his spare time he likes hiking in the Swiss mountains, reading books about historical topics and he also practice endurance sport like running or cycling.
Ying Wang is an Associate Research Fellow and the Head of Device Development Science (DDS) in DCoE at Pfizer Cambridge UK. Ying holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis and a BSc in Analytical Chemistry.
Ying joined Pfizer, Cambridge UK after completed her PhD in 2006. Ying has over 25 years of analytical, statistical, and engineering experience in small molecule, large molecule, inhalation, and injectable drug delivery device development.
As the head of DDS, she has steered the directions of the testing and control strategy development for several now marketed or to be marketed products. Ying is a technical expert on combination product development with extensive focus on testing and control strategy, she is an expert on statistical sampling, Quality by Design and data analysis.
Ying is a member of ISO/ TC 84: Devices for administration of medicinal products and catheters, presenting on behalf of the BSI. She is also a C.Chemist, MRSC.
Sanofi
TÜV SÜD
Estefania Dos Anjos is a Senior Product Specialist in TÜV SÜD, with authorizations as Technical Documentation Assessor for MDN 1201, MDN 1202, MDN 1206, MDN 1208, MDN 1211 and MDN 1213 devices. Medicinal product Specialist for MDS 7001 (drug-device combination devices) and Product reviewer for Article 117 devices. Pharmacist with 10 years of experience in regulatory affairs of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetic products in Latin America and Europe, Quality Management Systems under ISO 13485 and Good Manufacturing Practices.
Bristol Myers Squibb
Emergo by UL
Yvonne Limpens is a managing human factors specialist with Emergo by UL’s Human Factors Research & Design (HFR&D) team based in Utrecht, The Netherlands. She has been with the team since 2013 and has experience delivering HFE services to the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. Yvonne leads and oversees research activities and helps clients develop key HFE documents for their design history files. Furthermore, she advises and trains clients on how to apply HFE during product development to meet regulators' expectations. Yvonne holds a BSc in industrial design and an MSc in human technology interaction, both from Eindhoven University of Technology (NL).
BD Medical Pharmaceutical Systems
Hélène Lakelet is a Sustainability Senior Program Manager within BD Medical Pharmaceutical Systems. Prior to that, she drove quality engineering during 5 years on autoinjectors and safety devices and then she lead the R&D PFS portfolio sustaining and technical support activities during 6 years. Prior to BD, Hélène held progressing positions in R&D and process engineering with STMicroelectronics, Integrated Device Manufacturer.
She holds MS in Material Science & in Integrated Electronic devices and a PhD thesis in Microelectronics. In 2021, she certified on “Sustainability leadership and corporate responsibility” from the London Business School.
Since 2022, she is a Sustainability technical advocate to enable strategic innovation and continuous improvement on existing products while reducing our impact on the planet.
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Sanofi
TÜV SÜD
Bristol Myers Squibb
Emergo by UL
BD Medical Pharmaceutical Systems
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