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Conference Program

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Monday, February 29

5:00 - 7:00 PM Registration Opens
6:00 - 8:00 PM Welcome Reception

Tuesday, March 1

7:30  -5:00 PM Registration
7:30 - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:50 AM Chairman's Introduction

8:50 - 12:00 PM

Session I: Continuous Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals - Why and Why Now?

8:50 - 9:30 AM

Talk 1: Continuous Manufacturing: Achieving the Vision of Modernizing Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Speaker: Rapti Madurawe, FDA

9:30 - 10:10 AM

Talk 2: Approaches to Regulatory Engagement and Filing for Continuous Manufacturing

Speaker: Mark Buswell, GlaxoSmithKline

10:10 -10:40 AM Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:20 AM

Talk 3: Powders to Tablets in Minutes: Implementation of a Portable, Continuous, Miniature, and Modular (PCMM) Factory in a Warehouse

Speaker: Mike O’Brien, Pfizer

11:20 - 12:00 PM

Talk 4: Design and Implementation of a Small Footprint Continuous API facility for Portfolio Commercialization

Speaker: Eoin McManus,  Eli Lilly and Company-Ireland

12:00 - 1:15 PM Lunch

1:15 - 4:15 PM

Session II: Top Challenges Faced in Industry based Focus Groups

1:15 - 2:45 PM
3 Groups in Parallel Reviewing Topic 1: Perceived Challenges with FDA/EU/Other Regulatory Review Questions, as well as PAIs
 
Topic 1: Group#1                                                                       Moderators: Sharmistha Chaterjee, FDA and Ahmad Almaya, Eli Lilly and Company
 
Topic 1: Group #2                                                                   Moderators: Celia Cruz, FDA and Joe Hannon, Scale-up Systems
 
Topic 1: Group #3
Moderators: Rapti Madurawe, FDA and John Lepore, Merck
2:45 - 4:15 PM

Topic 2: Applicability of Continuous Manufacturing to a Diverse Pharmaceutical Portfolio

Moderators: Scott May, Eli Lilly and Company and Kirk VanDer Kamp, Eli Lilly and Company

2:45 - 4:15 PM

Topic 3: Experience and Technical Capability of Staff to Implement Continuous Manufacturing

Moderator: Mark Buswell, GSK

2:15 - 4:15 PM

Topic 4: Needed Equipment and Associated Facility Cost

Moderators: Dan Blackwood, Pfizer and Derek Berglund, Eli Lilly and Company

4:15 - 4:35 PM Coffee Break

4:35 - 5:00 PM

Session III: Summary of Day 1

6:30 - 8:30 PM Workshop Reception

Wednesday, March 2

7:30 AM -12:00 PM Registration
7:30 - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:40 AM Chairman's Summary of Previous Day's Discussion
8:40 - 10:10 AM Session IV: Focus Group Recap and Discussion
8:40 - 9:10 AM Report out on Topic 1: Perceived challenges with FDA/EU/other Regulatory review questions as well as PAIs
9:10 - 9:30 AM Report out on Topic 2: Applicability of Continuous Manufacturing to a Diverse Pharmaceutical Portfolio
9:30 - 9:50 AM Report out on Topic 3: Experience and Technical Capability of Staff to Implement Continuous Manufacturing
9:50 - 10:10 AM Report out on Topic 4: Needed Equipment and Associated Facility Cost
10:10 - 10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:30 PM Session V: Part 1: Continuous Processing and Enhanced Process Control: The Realization of QbD
10:30 - 11:00 AM

Talk 1: How Process Models ‎ can Facilitate Quality Risk Management for Emerging Technologies

Speaker: Tom O’Connor, FDA

11:00 - 11:30 AM

Talk 2: Strategies to Accelerate Process Control Adoption in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Speaker: Richard Braatz, MIT

11:30 - 12:00 PM

Talk 3: An Integrated Multi-Layer Approach to Control Strategy for Continuous Drug Product Manufacture

Speaker: Ahmad Almaya, Eli Lilly and Company                                     

12:00 - 12:30 PM

Talk 4: Control Strategy, Residence Time Distribution Testing, and Real Time Release Implementation for Continuous Drug Product Manufacturing

Speaker: Sarah Nielsen, Johnson & Johnson/Janssen

12:30 - 1:35 PM Lunch
1:35 - 2:35 PM Session V: Part 2: Continuous Processing and Enhanced Process Control: The Realization of QbD 
1:35 - 2:05 PM

Talk 5: A Decade’s Experience Delivering Clinical Supplies using Fully Continuous Hot Melt Extrusion

Speaker: Robert Meyer, Merck

2:05 - 2:35 PM

Talk 6: Control Strategy and Real Time Release Testing - Implementation and Considerations for Continuous Manufacturing

Speaker: Kelly Swinney, Vertex

2:35 - 3:35 PM Session VI: Panel Discussion & Recap of Workshop
2:35 - 3:35 PM

Panel Discussion on Continuous Processing and Enhanced Process Control                          

Panelists Include:

  • Tom O’Connor, PhD, US Food and Drug Administration 
  • Richard Braatz, PhD, MIT
  • Ahmad Almaya, PhD, Eli Lilly and Company
  • Sarah Nielsen, PhD, Janssen Supply Group, LLC
  • Robert Meyer, PhD, Merck
  • Kelly Swinney, PhD, Vertex
  • Moderated by: John Lepore, PhD, Merck                        
3:35 - 3:50 PM Coffee Break
3:50 - 4:25 PM

Session VII: Workshop Recap and Next Steps

Session Moderator: Paul Collins, Eli Lilly and Company