Module F: New Innovations in Excipients Sourcing

16:30 – 17:00
Getting excipient sourcing right: Ensuring quality, safety, cost-effective production and longevity of supply
• How are sourcing trends changing?
• Identifying cost drivers and benchmarking best price - overcoming a lack of industry information
• Impact of peak oil prices on petro-derived materials on supply
• Defining the ever thinning line between API and excipients and interchangeability
• How to get the highest quality standards from large companies that manufacture chemical excipients and APIs to be sold as food ingredients
David Kuo, Ph.D., Director, Global Strategic Procurement, Intervet/Schering-Plough, Merck Manufacturing Division, Animal Health

17:00 – 17:30
Guaranteeing high-quality excipients when sourcing and operating across a complex global supply chain
• Addressing the regulatory environment and irregularities in standards across the supply chain: How can this be managed?
• Animal and vegetable sourcing: Are synthetic materials really the better option?
• Embedding risk controls for excipients into the wider supply chain to manage safety - performing appropriate toxicological studies
• Potential processing challenges directly related to the use of excipients and the risks derived from that
Dr. Volker Hartmann, Corporate Purchasing, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG

17:30 – 18:00
Exploring new innovations in high functionality excipients and their advantages for drug delivery
• Using multifunctional materials to lower formulation and operational costs and drive high levels of performance
• Increasing utilization of excipients to increase safety, bioavailability and drug stability
• Exploring growth rates of high functionality excipients - will they exceed traditional excipients soon?

18:00 – 18:15
Closing Q&A session

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