Our 5th Annual
Pre-Filled Syringes East Coast 2018 Conference and Exhibition returns to Boston on the 11th and 12th of April 2018. Developing on its annual success, this fifth event in the series will give a unique insight the areas of regulation, manufacturing, emerging trends and innovative solutions to the challenges facing the prefilled industry, helping attendees to secure global success for their devices.
This year's agenda will feature:
- Guidance on the regulations for device development
- Human Factors considerations and end-user feedback
- Highlight common pitfalls of good manufacturing practice and seek to solve these
- Address the emerging challenges that biologic drugs present to pre-filled syringes
- Showcase hot topics of combination products, including wearable devices, auto-injectors and patient-centric design
- Interactive panel discussions led by industry experts
Benefits of Attending
Developing on our annual success, this must-attend conference will gather an international audience to discuss and accelerate
pre-filled syringe development in all the related sub-fields. Some notable areas of increased attention have been the broader trends for combination products and biologics in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as the move towards digital health and improving patient adherence due to increased self-administration figures. As well as these areas of lucrative opportunity, there are still a number of ongoing challenges that the key-thought leaders are battling to overcome. these include the challenges of chemical compatibility, user safety, high-volume and highly viscous formulation, and non-compliance.
- Analyse key market trends
- Explore safety assessments, human factors considerations and compliance issues
- Consider innovative solutions for combination products
- Overcome the challenges presented by the increased trends towards biologics
- Navigate the latest regulations from officially bodies
Plus Two Interactive Half-Day Pre-Conference Workshops | Tuesday 10th April 2018
A: Design Considerations for the World outside the ClinicWorkshop Leaders: Debbie mcConnell, Human Factors Technical Lead, Human Centric Design, Battelle and
Annie Diorio-Blum, Principal Industrial Designer, Human Centric Design, Battelle
08.30 - 12.30
B: Human factors for Connected Drug Delivery systemsWorkshop Leaders: melanie turieo, Director, Human Factors and Industrial Design, Cambridge Consultants and
Karen Unterman, Group Leader, Human Factors Engineering, Cambridge Consultants
13.30 - 17.00
Featured Speakers include:
- Adrien Tisserand, Category Manager - Parenteral, Nemera
- Annie Diorio-Blum, Principal Industrial Designer, Battelle
- Chris Franzese, Lead Clinical Analyst, Matchstick
- Debbie McConnell, Human Factors Lead, Battelle
- Dhairya Mehta, Associate Director of Device and Combination Products, Shire
- Eric Caro, Key Account Manager, Schreiner Medipharm
- Gary Mills, Associate Director, Drug Product Development , TESARO
- Gary Henniger, Director Engineering, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA
- Joke Maes, Product Manager, Terumo Pharmaceutical Solutions
- Justin Lacombe, Senior Manager Process Development, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA
- Justin Wright, Vice President, Drug Delivery Innovation, DDR&D Technology, Eli Lilly and Company
- Karen Unterman, Group Leader, Human Factors Engineering, Cambridge Consultants Ltd
- Kashappa-Goud Desai, Associate Fellow, GSK
- Maria Linzmayer, Associate Director, Drug Delivery Devices, Merck
- Melanie Turieo, Director, Human Factors Engineering, Cambridge Consultants Ltd
- Michael Song, Sr. Manager, Drug Delivery and Device Development, MedImmune Inc
- Molly Story, Head, Global Usability Engineering and Risk Management, Sanofi Pharmaceuticals
- Nathan Heacock, Associate Scientist, GSK
- Shota Arakawa, Researcher , Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America Inc
- Stephen Barat, Head of Pre-Clinical and Early Clinical Development, Scynexis
- Steve Bowman, Device Program Lead, Shire US Inc
- Susan Neadle, Head, Combination Products Center of Excellence, Janssen
- Tieming Ruan, Associate Director of Device Development, Takeda
- Toshiro Katayama, Product Manager, Zeon Chemicals L.P.
Please fill in your name and email to receive the conference agenda of this event.
The agenda is available as PDF under downloads at the right side of the page.
Venue
The venue is not yet available for this event.
Follow this event to be informed when the venue is available and stay informed on other changes.
Who should attend
Executives, Directors, VPs, Heads, Principals, Managers, Scientists, Researchers of:
- Pre-filled Syringes
- Autoinjectors
- Device Engineering
- Human Factors
- CMC
- Injectables
- Sterile Manufacturing
- Packaging
- Regulatory Affair
Venue
Sheraton Boston Hotel39 Dalton Street
Boston, MA, USA
