Abbott Laboratories Work Values

Daily Duties at Abbott Laboratories:

•Managed all aspects of Technology Transfer, Production Support, and Commercialization of Pharmaceutical Products, including late stage development, scale-up and process validation, for multiple Abbott Oral Drug Products and APIs (>$2B sales) in 50+ countries. Responsible for the technical and strategic direction of multiple Abbott CMC teams. Management accountability for the seamless and effective technology transfers (process, analytical method, equipment) across Abbott manufacturing facilities and Third Party Manufacturing facilities worldwide. Shared planning and administration of a $7 million TPM support annual operating budget. KEY CONTRIBUTIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS: Lead Operations Scientist in KOS Pharmaceutical Acquisition •Successfully Transferred Niaspan® and Simcor® tablets form Edison NJ leased facility to Abbott Puerto Rico facility resulting in a $14 million dollar per year cost savings in leasing expenses. •Optimized Niaspan® granulation and drying process and Simcor® active coating process, resulting in 100% increase in batch size, saving over $2 million per year in manufacturing costs and increasing productivity. •Reduced TPM Manufacturing Cycle Time for high volume Brufen® tablets by 75% and reduced labor costs by $600,000 per year. •Designed and Implemented packaging studies that successfully reduced Tricor® tablet breakage by 90% during bulk shipment from TPM, leading to a $300,000 per year cost savings in labor costs and product loss. •Successfully Designed and Implemented data mining and statistical analysis system to quickly analyze and trend over 2000 commercial stability studies for Abbott’s Top 20 products. •Provided Common Technical Documents (CTD) for 12 European filings in support of 8 product site transfers to TPMs, meeting or exceeding Regulatory timelines.

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Tags

Modified Release Dosage Form Development, Six Sigma Green Belt, QbD, Design of Experiments (DoE), Stability Analysis, Process Transfer, Product Transfer, Scale Up, Statgraphics, JMP, Minitab, Oral Dosage Form, CTD Regulatory Submission, International, Technology Transfer, Production Support, Investigations, Scientific Reports, Lean Manufacturing, ThermoLims, MS Access, MS Excel, Process Analysis, Method Validation, Process Validation, Soft Gel Capsules, Liquid Oral Dosage, Problem Solving Skills, Active Tablet Coating, Wurster Coating, Clinical Manufacture

Skills

Sales Support, Software Implementation, Requirements Analysis & Specification, Leadership , Technical and Quality Project Management, Strategic Operational Planning and Execution, Team Building and Leadership, Production Solutions Analysis and Implementation, Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing Methodologies, Quality by Design (QbD) and Design of Experiments (DOE) Methodologies for Process Optimization and/or Characterization Studies

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