Ben Hughes

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Director of Strategic Development, National Biologics Facility and RNA Products at Therapeutic Innovation Australia @ Therapeutic Innovation Australia
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Australia
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About Ben Hughes

Experienced manufacturing Director with a demonstrated history of delivering biologics to market contributing from process development, facility design and start up through to validation and reliable commercial manufacture. An operations leader who is focused on building and challenging his team to always strive for improved ways to succeed by being collaborative, innovative and accountable in bringing medicines to the patients.

Ben Hughes's Current Company Details
Therapeutic Innovation Australia

Therapeutic Innovation Australia

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Director of Strategic Development, National Biologics Facility and RNA Products at Therapeutic Innovation Australia
Ben Hughes Work Experience Details
  • Therapeutic Innovation Australia
    Director Of Strategic Development
    Therapeutic Innovation Australia Mar 2020 - Present
    Woollongabba, Qld, Au
    The TIA consortium administers Federal Government funding to support research infrastructure and provision of expert services to Australian researchers and companies developing therapeutic products. I am based at the University of Queensland but focused on aligning and driving the capabilities of the various facilities that make up the National Biologics Facility delivering biologics services and capabilities from antibody discovery through to Phase I biologics and vaccine manufacturing. I also look after the newest TIA capability - RNA products - with four facilities now offering expertise to design and manufacture short-form synthetic RNA, mRNA and LNP formulations.
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Director, Global Technology Transfer
    Thermo Fisher Scientific Aug 2018 - Dec 2019
    Waltham, Ma, Us
    Member of the Biologics Leadership team and charged with alligning and driving efficiencies across global Operations, Supply Chain, Facilities and Engineering at the four Patheon Biologics sites. Specifically focussed on technology transfer and developing tools and understanding for thr optimal transition of process-critial data from our customer, through process development and scale-up into GMP manufacture.
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Director Of Manufacturing
    Thermo Fisher Scientific Nov 2017 - Aug 2018
    Waltham, Ma, Us
    Head of the Manufacturing team at Patheon’s St Louis CDMO facility with the Upstream, Downstream and Production Support teams reporting in. The St Louis site has been successfully bringing mammalian-based cell culture derived biologics to market for over 30 years producing life-changing bulk drug substance for Phase I through Phase III and PPQ / commercialization. The high quality and dedicated Operations team work 24-7 across 7 production suites in a world-class and cGMP approved facility to deliver on the manufacturing needs of our customers and their patients.
  • Patheon
    Director Clinical Manufacturing
    Patheon Sep 2015 - Oct 2017
    Waltham, Massachusetts, Us
    Leading Clinical Manufacturing and responsible for the Upstream, Downstream and Tech Transfer teams with 7-days a week manufacturing out of four Mamallian cell culture and downstream purification suites. We produce life-changing bulk drug substance for our Customers and their clinical trials Phase I through Phase III and PPQ / commercialization.
  • Patheon
    Operations Manager
    Patheon Mar 2014 - Sep 2015
    Waltham, Massachusetts, Us
    Heading up the Operations and Materials Management group at Australia's largest TGA-approved mammalian cell culture based therapeutics CMO facility.
  • Dsm Biologics
    Operations Manager
    Dsm Biologics Mar 2012 - Mar 2014
    Heading up the Operations and Materials Management group at Australia's largest TGA-approved mammalian cell culture based therapeutics CMO facility.
  • Dsm Biologics
    Senior Process Engineer
    Dsm Biologics Jul 2011 - Feb 2012
    Currently designing a purpose-built cGMP manufacturing facility for production of mammalian-based biologics here in Brisbane, Australia. The facility extends to 2000L scale and will be open for CMO activities from mid 2013.
  • Biopharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd
    Design Consultant
    Biopharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd 2008 - Jun 2011
  • University Of Queensland
    Snr. Bioprocess Engineer
    University Of Queensland Mar 2007 - Jun 2011
    Brisbane, Queensland, Au
    Primarily involved with cell line development and optimisation of bioprocess for mammalian-derived therapeutics. Our facility extends to 100-L scale with both stainless and single-use bioreactors.
  • Australian Institute For Bioengineering And Nanotechnology
    Senior Bioprocess Engineering
    Australian Institute For Bioengineering And Nanotechnology 2007 - Jun 2011
  • Merck Research Labs
    Research Engineer
    Merck Research Labs 2001 - 2005
  • Merck & Co. Inc
    Staff Biochemical Engineer
    Merck & Co. Inc 2001 - 2005
  • Csl
    Research Scientiest
    Csl 1998 - 2000
    Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Ben Hughes Skills

Gmp Cell Culture Biopharmaceuticals Bioreactor Biochemistry Life Sciences Bioprocessing Biotechnology Mammalian Cell Culture Molecular Biology Technology Transfer R&d Cgmp Manufacturing Cell Microbiology Fermentation Lifesciences Purification Validation Chromatography Pharmaceutical Industry Commercialization Protein Chemistry Hplc Chemical Engineering

Ben Hughes Education Details

  • Unsw
    Unsw
    Bioprocess Engineering
  • Caroline Chisholm High School
    Caroline Chisholm High School

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Ben Hughes works for Therapeutic Innovation Australia

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