General description:
Covid-19 pandemic has posed a lot changes within the vaccine sector. Vaccine development usually is a time-consuming multistep process and related regulatory approvals how to deal with the major challenges and race against time to ensure the manufacturing, safety and quality control of vaccines. It requires a quick, flexible and effective manufacturing of vaccines in case of new viruses/variants. In this two-half days’ workshop, Tofflon will present the end-to-end vaccine manufacturing solution from vaccine manufacturing facility, regulatory requirements, SUT (single-use technology), hybrid large-scale manufacturing system, aseptic filing and inspection to ensure vaccine manufacturing safety, quality, and effectiveness, as well as making them affordable and available in a timely manner.
Tofflon Workshop: End-to-End Solutions for Vaccine Manufacturing
Organisation:
Mrs. Claire Chong
Mrs. Claire Chong holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Biotechnology from the University of Liverpool and has over eight years of experience in the bioprocessing industry, with expertise in both upstream and downstream drug substance production. As part of the technical application team, she supports customers in scale-up trials and downstream application studies, including tangential flow filtration (TFF), sterile and virus filtration, and chromatography solutions.
Vikrant Hedau
Mr. Stefano Arletti
Stefano Arletti is a consultant working in the design of Artificial Vision based quality controls for over 25 years. After graduating as Electronic Engineer in Italy in 1997 with a specialization in Computer science and Artificial Intelligence he started developing different automatic quality control systems based on camera vision for the beverage, food and pharmaceutical sectors. During the next 15 years he has focused more and more on the pharmaceutical sector, mainly the automatic visual inspection of parenteral products, developing entirely the vision and automation systems required into Automatic Inspection Machines installed and operating worldwide. The R&D work during this period has led to several new concepts patented under Italian and European Patent Offices.In 2012 joined Tofflon in Shanghai to support and lead the R&D team of
the Automatic Inspection Division and the construction andcommissioning of hundreds of systems worldwide. Always passionate about science &technology, their endless progress and their possibility to improve the performances and the manufacturing of products and finally the quality of everyone's life he's enjoying his work facing continuously new challenges, developing international cooperation and looking forward to provide better products and solutions for the final customers.
Mr. Gordon Farquharson
Gordon Farquharson, B.Sc. (Hons), C.Eng. is a Chartered Consulting Engineer with more than 40 years’ experience of quality & safety critical processes and facilities used by industries such as Healthcare, Life Science, Microelectronics, etc. He is Principal consultant and Managing Director of Critical Systems Ltd, an international consultancy firm. In the Asian and ASEAN regions, he also provides consultancy services in association with Airex (Japan), Pharma solutions (Japan), FactoryTalk (Thailand), CM-Plus (Japan & Vietnam), Tofflon (China) and PharmOut (Australia).
Mr. Alan Huang
Alan Huang has been working in Tofflon for 2 years and is the leader of the DP technical support team for Europe and Russia Sales region. Before he joined Tofflon, he graduated with MEng in mechanical engineering from University College London. In Tofflon, he is mainly responsible for the aseptic filling line systematic solution. By working along with the product department and communication with customers on-site, he has a deep understanding of the machine structure and how to fulfil the customer’s needs.
Mr. Yossi Shapira
Lyophilization expert, containment expert, aseptic operations and Technology expert; Tofflon’s consultant in freeze drying processes and technology. 20 years’ experience at Teva pharmaceutical industries, in SVP production: mainly Sterile cytotoxic, anticancer, antibiotics and steroides. In liquid form vials and ampules and lyophilized drugs dosage forms. Clean rooms operations and aseptic Technik manufacturing and validation expert, operating team trainer, and production problems solving. Final function – plant manager. 15 additional years at Teva Pharmaceutical API division special project management: in bulk API lyophilization, lyophilizers specifying and testing, lyophilization processes problem solving containment design and review, HPAPI isolators construction, laboratories design and construction: analytical R&D, HPAPI pilot plant design and construction. Functioning in a global manner with different engineering teams and companies. 6 additional years In Teva Pharmaceutical industries – corporate in global engineering as MST for HPAPI handling technologies, lyophilization equipment and processes, and laboratories design. Currently - At Yossi Shapira CLL freelancer consultant to pharmaceutical companies regarding the above topics.
