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CEPI - COVID19 Manufacturing Capabilities and Capacities Webinar
CEPI have reached out to BIA to consider how members may support the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Specifically, for COVID19, they are interested in:
- capacity that supports large scale suspension cell culture (CHO, PER.C6™, insect cell- Sf9) for making recombinant protein
- large scale E. coli capacity for making pDNA
- large scale RNA capacity for drug substances
- formulation/fill finish capacity in supporting 10-20 dose vial production of Drug Product
- capacity in making lipid nano-particle adjuvants for the programs.
This webinar will go into further detail of these and answer any questions from members.
Ian McCubbin CBE
Chair of RoslinCT and Chair of Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult; Chair of Manufacturing Advisory Group for IUK Industrial Challenge Fund; Member of the UK Government Vaccines Task Force. Ian retired from his role as SVP North America, Japan & Global Pharma Supply, GSK in April 2017. He joined GSK in 2006, his second spell with the company and was responsible for 17 factories and 7,000 employees globally whose role within GSK was to supply the New Product pipeline and the majority of GSK's pharmaceutical sales. Ian chaired the Advanced Therapy Manufacturing Task Force originally co-chaired with George Freeman, Minister for Life Sciences and the group published its Action Plan to 'anchor' commercial scale manufacturing in the UK. The Action Plan has subsequently been adopted in full as part of the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy. He led the manufacturing work stream of the UK Vaccines Task Force between March 2020 and May 2021. Ian is a pharmacist with 40 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical industry working for GSK, Merck Generics and IVAX. His core capability is in the field of manufacturing and supply chain leadership and new product introduction. His passion is cell and gene therapies due to their transformational medical benefits and the opportunity they create for UK economic benefit.
Date: Tuesday 24 March 2020
Time: 14.00-15.00 GMT
This webinar is free for members and non members
To register simply click on the 'Register' button at the top right of the page or below
