Kevin Ward BSc, PhD

Kevin Ward began his career in freeze-drying in 1993 with a PhD on protein and liposome stabilisation and the thermal properties of lyophilised amorphous and crystalline mixtures. After working in the pharmaceutical industry and in vaccine development, he joined Biopharma in 2000. As R&D Director, he has built up a team of dedicated freeze-drying scientists, worked on over 2500 projects for more than 500 client companies across the globe, developed 3 analytical instruments, run more than 180 training courses, and successfully secured EU- and UK- government funding for 15 novel research projects. He has appeared on BBC television for his team’s work on the preservation of red blood cells and been an advisor to the BBC for one of their popular science shows. Kevin is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and from 2000-2014, he was part of a not-for-profit focus group at the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Sciences Society (formerly the Parenteral Society) that produced a series of technical monographs to support users of freeze-dryers, and he chaired the group from 2007-2014. Kevin has been industrial supervisor to two doctoral students, and has authored numerous papers, book chapters and patents. He continues to lecture on the worldwide stage and has co-edited a text book that was published in January 2019 on new te= in freeze-drying.