Workshop:  Powder Flow & Process Analytical Technology (PAT) tools for implementation of QbD

Workshop hosted at the 2008 AAPS Annual Meeting & Exposition in Atlanta in partnership with Freeman Technology  

Presentations and Poster

Speaker Biographies

 Dr. Stephen Wu is a Technical Fellow in Pharmaceutical R/D Division, Covidien/Mallinckrodt. Before joining Covidien, he was responsible for Pharmaceutical Excipients Laboratory in Eastman Chemical Company. Dr. Wu obtained his Ph.D. degree from Stanford University majoring in Biophysical Chemistry. He also did his post-graduate course study in Polymer Science and Engineering in the University of Tennessee.  Dr. Wu is a frequent contributor of papers in AAPS and Controlled Release Society meetings, and published a number of articles in journals and book chapters. He obtained more than 30 patents in controlled-release technology field. He traveled to Europe and Asia-Pacific regions to give seminars on excipient applications for drug delivery systems. 

  Click to view Dr Wu's presentation on "New High Performance Pharmaceuticals Lubricants"

Stephen Closs is the Manager of Pharmaceutics and Process Technology with the Patheon Pharmaceutical Development Services Group in Whitby, Ontario, Canada.   Patheon is a leading global provider of dosage from manufacturing and development services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.  Stephen has over 18 years of pharmaceutical production and development experience . He is a member of ISPE, the AAPS PDFG steering committee, and participated in the ASTM E55 PAT initiative. He is the author of multiple publications in industry magazines and journals, as well as a presenter at industry forums and conferences. Since early 2004, Mathis and Patheon have collaborated on application research, new technology beta testing and technical publications

Click to view Dr Closs' presentation on "Effusivity Powder Flow Rate Application Work"

Christina Pattoni has worked at Pfizer for 5 years as a material characterisation scientist and is currently finishing her MSc in Science.  Previous to Pfizer Christina worked at Zeneca for 5 years as a development chemist while obtaining her degree in Chemistry as a part time student.

Click to View Christina's Presentation on "Powder Rheometry For Process Understanding"

Patrick Okoye is a PhD graduate student at the Graduate Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY 

Click to view Patrick's poster on  the "Evaluation and Characterization of Mixed Lubricant Systems Based on Ratios of Magnesium Stearate Polymorphs"