Overview

The biopharmaceutical sector continues to grow, providing an increasingly large number of the medicines that we need, using both established processes, and newer technologies such as cell and gene therapy. This introductory webinar provides an overview of biotechnology, market size, the organisms that are used to produce biopharmaceuticals, product sectors, manufacturing processes and production facilities. Recent advances in regenerative medicines and their importance will also be highlighted.

Time

9:00 - 10:00 BST 

Presenter

Dr Vaughan Thomas, Tillingbourne Consulting Ltd.

Vaughan Thomas provides consultancy services to production operations on process alternatives, capacity analysis, and manufacturing options. Before setting up his company in 2010, Vaughan had been with SciTech Engineering for 6 years. He had previously held positions at Wellcome Biotech and ICI Pharmaceuticals, and as a Senior Engineer at Raytheon and Jacobs Engineering. His career in biotechnology design spans 30 years, encompassing fermentation development, technical support to purification operations, and facility & process design. Areas of work have included biopharmaceuticals, vaccines, blood fractionation, and industrial biotechnology.

Vaughan Thomas holds a doctorate in Biochemical Engineering from University College London and is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. He is a Visiting Professor at UCL, and is currently the Secretary of the IChemE’s Biochemical Engineering Special Interest Group.

Format

A one-hour online session: 40 minutes' presentation + 20 minutes' Q&A.
Duration (for CPD recording purposes): up to one hour.

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Software

The presentation will be delivered via GoToWebinar®. 
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You are advised to join the webinar at least ten minutes before the scheduled start time, to allow for your computer to connect.

Webinar archive

This webinar is free of charge and open to all to attend, but if you wish to access the slides and a recording to replay on demand then you'll need to be a member of the Biochemical Engineering Special Interest Group.

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