Vaccine Synthesis and Formulation Processes

Christian Lavarreda, based out of Dresden, Germany, is currently global product manager for pure media, process, and bioprocess systems at Syntegon. Formally trained as a chemical engineer, he is responsible for leading the development, commercialization, and marketing of Syntegon’s pharmaceutical liquid processing portfolio. Prior roles at Syntegon have also included regional business development and marketing manager for liquid pharmaceutical primary packaging in North America. During his four and a half years at Syntegon, Christian has utilized his expertise to connect customer needs to Syntegon’s capabilities while helping manage account relationships to ensure customer success and satisfaction. Christian also has a background in inhalable drug product development, where he spent twelve years leading R&D and commercialization activities of analytical instrumentation for the delivered-dose uniformity and particle size characterization of dry powder, metered-dose, nebulizer, and nasal inhalers. He has multiple peer-reviewed publications on the application of cascade impaction technology for the characterization of aerosolized medicines.

Markus Heinz is Global Product Manager at Syntegon Technology where he is responsible for all vial fill finish machines and applications. He holds a bachelor degree in business engineering and a master degree in international management. He´s within the Syntegon group (formerly Bosch Packaging division) since 2008. He has a strong background in dosing and closing technologies of sterile and aseptic powder dosage forms.