Senior Director
CurrentProcess Development Direct the activities of for fermentation, purification and pegylation process development, scale up, technology transfer, validation and cGMP manufacturing of the API starting materials and API for Oncaspar® and Adagen®. Successfully developed, scaled up, transferred to European CMO, characterized and validated modernized fermentation, purification and pegylation processes for L-asparaginase in < 3 years. Primarily responsible for design, qualification and management of multiproduct facility (fermentation, cell culture, purification, pegylation, cytotoxics, kilo lab, fill and finish in liquid/lyophilized vials) and equipment for process development, scale up, technology transfer and Phase 1 GMP manufacturing of clinical supplies. Support in house and CMO GMP clinical manufacturing of oligonucleotide API and drug product. Perform due diligence for acquisition candidates and CMO qualification/audits.