LogiPharma 2008
September 15 - 18, 2008
Philadelphia, PA
 
Jaime Velez, Ron Snee and Bill Connell, Principals, Operational Excellence, Tunnell Consulting, will facilitate an interactive round table on "Successful Cost Reduction Initiatives and Start-up Fill Finish Facilities" on Tuesday, September 16, at LogiPharma 2008 in Philadelphia.

The roundtable will cover the following topics:
Successful Cost Reduction Initiatives--how fast should these initiatives go? A case study on how to achieve dramatic changes in a short period of time will be discussed as well as keys to success

Start-up Fill Finish Facilities–a case study on an accelerated path to the registration of a Fill Finish plant will be discussed as well as keys to success.

Contact Jaime Velez directly by email here or by phone at 610-337-0820.

Contact Ron Snee directly by email here or by phone at 610-337-0820.

Contact Bill Connell directly by email here or by phone at 610-337-0820.

BioProcess International Conference & Exhibition
Pre-Conference Workshops: September 22, 2008
Conference: September 23 - 26, 2008
Anaheim, CA
 
Two of Tunnell's leading life sciences experts will participate in pre-conference workshops at the BioProcess International Conference & Exhibition in Anaheim, California. Siddharth J. Advant, Ph.D., Principal and Head, West Coast, Tunnell Consulting, will present "Challenges of International Transfers" on September 22 at 4:20 pm in Workshop A, "Technology Transfer for Biopharmaceuticals." At 1 pm, he will chair Workshop C, "Process Characterization and Monitoring during Development and Commercialization of Biopharmaceuticals." Immediately following those remarks, Jason Kamm, Principal, will offer a presentation on "The Use of Statistical Tools during Process Characterization."

Contact Sid Advant directly by email here or by phone at 858-784-0040.

Contact Jason Kamm directly by email here or by phone at 610-337-0820.

Contract Pharma 2008:
7th Annual Contracting and Outsourcing Conference
September 25 - 26, 2008
New Brunswick, NJ
 
Chris Driscoll, Tunnell Consulting Principal, will offer a presentation on "The Myth of Operational Excellence" on Friday, September 26 at the Contract Pharma 2008 Conference in New Brunswick, NJ. He will address misconceptions about the deployment of operational excellence programs, which are often plagued by high costs themselves. He will outline an approach that emphasizes organizational readiness and a direct approach to cost reduction and sustainable improvement that avoids the pitfalls of costly initiatives.

Contact Chris Driscoll directly by email here or by phone at 610-337-0820.

Pharmaceutical Technology School on the Hudson
October 6 -10, 2008
Weehawken, NJ
 
Ronald D. Snee, Ph.D., Principal and Program Leader for Tunnell's Lean Six Sigma practice, will present "Quality by Design - How To Practically Identify Critical To Quality Attributes and Critical Process Parameters and Their Associated Design Space" on Monday, October 6th, at the Pharmaceutical Technology School on the Hudson conference, sponsored by Mixing Consultants. Dr. Snee's presentation is part of the event's "Introduction to Quality by Design" program, which includes Quality by Design concepts, discussion of critical variables, definition of design, operation and control space, and up-to-date perspectives of regulatory initiatives in this area.

Contact Ron Snee directly by email here or by phone at 610-337-0820.

To download a PDF brochure, click here.

IBC 4th Annual Biopharmaceutical
Manufacturing & Development Summit
December 08 - 09, 2008
Durham, NC
 
Tunnell Principal Chris S. Driscoll will offer a presentation on "Reducing Costs While Improving Compliance" at the 4th Annual IBC BMD Summit on December 8 in Durham, NC. When biotech and pharma companies need to reduce costs they usually deploy a program called "operational excellence" or "continuous improvement" instead of working the problem directly. His presentation will demonstrate how to hit cost reduction targets and improve compliance without distracting the organization with wasteful program deployment.

Siddharth J. Advant, Ph.D., Principal and Head of Tunnell's West Coast Office, will moderate a panel on "The Impact of Operational Excellence on the Design of Platform Processes and Facilities" on December 9 at 2:30 pm. The pressure to reduce cost during development and commercialization of biologics has put an increased emphasis on developing platform processes as well as the design of appropriate facilities. This interactive session, which will feature experts from five prominent biotechnology companies, will look at the interaction between these two components and the opportunities to simultaneously build operational excellence into the design of processes and facilities. As chairperson for Day Two of the conference's Operational Excellence track, Dr. Advant will also deliver opening remarks at 8:45 am on December 9.

Contact Chris Driscoll directly by email here or by phone at 610-337-0820.

Contact Sid Advant directly by email here or by phone at 858-784-0040.