Pre Filled Syringes East Coast Conference

5th Annual Pre-Filled Syringes East Coast Conference is organized by SMi Group and will be held during Apr 11 - 12, 2018 at Sheraton Boston Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

A rise in chronic diseases, improvements in technology and a growing demand for easy to use drug administration products has in recent years, created a booming Pre-Filled Syringes industry. As well as these areas of lucrative opportunity, there are still several ongoing challenges that the key-thought leaders are battling to overcome. These include the challenges of chemical compatibility, user safety, high-volume and highly viscous formulation, and non-compliance.

Pre-Filled Syringes East Coast will once again play host to an international audience of drug delivery, medical device and PFS experts to discuss emerging trends and offer innovative solutions to the challenges facing the prefilled industry, helping attendees to secure global success for their PFS device.

The target audience for this medical event is Executives, Directors, VPs, Heads, Principals, Managers, Scientists, Researchers of :
• Pre-filled Syringes.
• Autoinjectors.
• Device Engineering.
• Human Factors.
• CMC.
• Injectables.
• Sterile Manufacturing.
• Packaging.
• Regulatory Affair .

Conference Desccription :
• Guidance on the regulations for device development.
• Human Factors considerations and end-user feedback.
• Highlight common pitfalls of good manufacturing practice and seek to solve these.
• Address the emerging challenges that biologic drugs present to pre-filled syringes.
• Showcase hot topics of combination products, including wearable devices, auto-injectors and patient-centric design.
• Interactive panel discussions led by industry experts.

Conference Objectives are :
• Analyse key market trends.
• Explore safety assessments, human factors considerations and compliance issues.
• Consider innovative solutions for combination products.
• Overcome the challenges presented by the increased trends towards biologics.
• Navigate the latest regulations from officially bodies.

Speakers include:
Dhairya mehta, Associate Dir. of Device And Combination Products, Shire
Stephen Barat, Head of Pre-Clinical And Early Clinical Development, Scynexis
Susan Neadle, Head, Combination Products Center of Excellence, Sr. Dir., Quality Engineering And Design-to-Value, Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Justin Wright, VP, Drug Delivery Innovation, DDR And D Technology, Eli Lilly
Tieming Ruan, Associate Dir. of Device Development, Takeda
Molly Story, Head, Global Usability Engineering And Risk Management, Sanofi
Gary Henniger, R And D Dir., Discovery And Product Development R And D, Teva
Michael Song, Pharmaceutical Device And Digital Health, Medimmune
Steve Bowman, Device Program Lead, Shire
Gary Mills, Associate Dir., Drug Product Development
Kashappa Goud Desai, Investigator, Biopharmaceutical Product Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline
Maria Linzmayer, Associate Dir., Drug Delivery Devices, Merck

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.