New Speakers Confirmed from Allergan, Genentech, Endo Pharmaceuticals and Parexel at SMi's 2nd Annual Lyophilization USA Conference

Iselin, NJ, January 30, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Building on the success of the European Lyophilization series, SMi takes Lyophilisation & Freeze Drying to North America for the 2nd year. The agenda will look to strengthen knowledge of lyophilization productivity as well as discuss the practicalities of QbD and scale up to keep attendees at the forefront of technological breakthroughs to adapt to the growing need for viable and cost efficient manufacturing.

Understanding regulatory compliance, protein stability, formulation development and PAT guidelines will be a major focus, as will hearing from a selection of leading pharmaceutical companies currently implementing freeze drying processes. This will include case studies from Pfizer, J&J, Baxter Healthcare and Janssen.

Even highlights include:
• Strategic guidance on lifecycle development using a QbD approach for commercialisation as well as insight into regulatory QbD filings.
• Panel debates which ask the audience, “Is Lyophilization the way forward?” Led by Allergan and Janssen, the discussion will explore current market trends for pharmaceutical products, alternative approaches and scalability. The panel debate on day two will delve further into the future of pharmaceutical freeze drying with input from Novo Nordisk.
• Two interactive workshops on development through technology transfer (hosted by Steritech Solutions), and parenteral and diagnostic products (hosted by AB BioTechnologies).

Featured speakers include:
• Jim Searles, Ph.D., Technical Fellow, Pfizer
• Sune Klint Andersen, Principal Scientist, Novo Nordisk
• Dr. Mark Yang, Director of Fill/Finish Development, Late Stage Process Development, Genzyme Corp
• Dr Evgenyi Shalaev, Research Investigator, Allergan
• Prakash Sundaramurthi, Senior Scientist, Teva Biologics
• Dr. Vineet Kumar, Senior Scientist, J&J
• Lisa Hardwick, Research Scientist, Baxter Healthcare
• Dr Salman Mazummil, Drug Product Development, Janssen
• Jamie Tsung, Principle Scientist, Drug Product Development, Momenta Pharmaceuticals

For those who are interested in attending there is currently a $300 early bird savings available which expires on February 29th. Further information including a detailed agenda, is available online at www.lyophilization-usa.com/prcom

Lyophilization USA
April 27th & 28th 2016
Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel, Iselin, New Jersey, USA
www.lyophilization-usa.com/prcom

About SMi Group:
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