Pharma Tech Talks

Episode #6 Current Pharma Processing Equipment Trends & Future Industry Predictions with Custom Powder Systems

Episode 6 of the Pharma Tech Talks podcast welcomes Denise McIntosh & Scott Heffern from Custom Powder Systems in Springfield, Missouri. Since forming in 2005, the company has grown from 27 to 65 employees. The equipment designed and fabricated in Springfield, MO is operated in 19 countries around the world in the processing of pharmaceuticals, food and chemicals.Custom Powders provide a range of bespoke and standard solutions for dry materials, processing equipment, high containment and sterile processing sectors. They offer fully integrated turnkey solutions from front end design to validation and customer handover.Denise McIntosh is the CEO of Custom Powder Systems and Integrated Containment Systems, with her husband, Dale McIntosh, a veteran of the equipment industry. Denise earned a degree in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University, and an MBA in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She served as Board President and member of the Springfield Mid America Singers and is a former board member of the Missouri Association of Manufacturers.
Scott Heffern is the Sr. VP of Products; Scott has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. He is a highly experienced engineer, specialising in all aspects of conceptual design, engineering and handover.
In his spare time, Scott enjoys collecting and restoring vintage pinball machines, Soda machines and much more. Also designing innovative home improvements such as an attic elevator and a lawn irrigation system. Denise, Scott and Christian discuss the growing need for containment to improve manufacturing process efficiency and protect operators and products. Along with the industry trends in processing equipment, automation, and the rise of disposable single-use vs multi-use stainless steel technology.They also predict which trends will affect the pharma and biopharma industries in years to come.
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Episode #5 Processing Equipment Trends for Highly Potent Products, with Claudio Fabiano, CSV Life Science Group

Episode 5 of the Pharma Tech Talks podcast welcomes Claudio Fabiano from CSV Life Science Group in Italy. CSV serves its international customer base with Engineering and Validation Services, designing and supplying rigid and flexible isolators for containment and, more recently, skids for liquids preparation.Claudio started his journey in the pharmaceutical market by joining a company that provided Commissioning and Qualification services as a PM in international projects.After multiple years in the role, he took the chance to step into the sales department by entering the sales team of companies focused on equipment supply, mainly for primary packaging and cleaning in the pharma market.In 2020 Claudio returned to his origin by joining CSV Life Science Group as a Sales Manager, supporting the development of the package of services and equipment provided by the group.Claudio joins host Christian Dunne to discuss how developing more complex formulations impacts equipment suppliers, how to improve containment strategy, continuous vs batch manufacturing, automation and how the growth of the CMO market is affecting process equipment.
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Episode #4 Optimising Contained Sampling in Pharma’s Quest for Quality, with Jorge Esteban, FAMAT Sampling

In our latest podcast episode, host Christian Dunne spoke to Jorge Esteban, CEO and Managing Director of FAMAT sampling, S.A, an engineering company designing and manufacturing sampling solutions for the Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Food and Bulk industries. 
Jorge and Christian discuss the challenges facing companies looking to sample their potent compounds safely, efficiently and in compliance with regulations, along with our recent partnership to develop the ideal contained sampling solution.
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Episode #3 Continuous Manufacturing of High Potent Drugs, with Bernhard Meir, Gericke

For episode #3 of the Pharma Tech Talks podcast, we welcome Head of Continuous Manufacturing at Gericke, Bernhard Meir.Bernhard joins host, Christian Dunne, to discuss why continuous manufacturing is becoming more popular in the pharmaceutical sector and what the main advantages of this technology are over the traditional batch process regarding containment.They also delve into a current hot topic in the pharma industry of process supervision, how this issue should be approached and what Berhanrd predicts for the future.As a research assistant and during his thesis at the Technical University of Munich, Bernhard Meir investigated the impact of parameters on feed rate fluctuations of a continuous blender. He joined Gericke as a project engineer, gaining extensive knowledge and experience in handling bulk solids. Today, he is the head of Gericke's department for continuous manufacturing. With more than 125 years of experience in bulk materials handling, Gericke is the leading supplier of turnkey solutions for the continuous manufacturing of oral solid dosage forms.
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Episode #2: Current Processing Equipment Trends with Jamie Frizzell, Freund Vector

Vice President of Global Business Development at Freund-Vector, Jamie Frizzell, joins Pharma Tech Talks host Christian Dunne to discuss why sustainability, customisation, and automation are all key factors to remaining flexible in a continuously evolving pharma industry. 
Jamie and Christian also delve into the current processing equipment trends, best practices, and what industry changes Jamie predicts for the future of processing equipment.
Having spent nearly 29 years at a leading global manufacturer of pharmaceutical processing equipment for oral solid dosage manufacturing, Jamie has a vast range of knowledge and experience within the oral solid dosage realm, particularly in the containment of potent compounds, WIP/CIP systems, equipment and facility design and automated control systems.
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