Mr. Carter is a Senior Manager for Innovation Management at Evonik Health Care, and has more than 20 years of R&D and development expertise with pharmaceutical and medical technologies. In his current role, he is responsible for coordinating a series of drug delivery innovation projects to address areas of emerging customer need. Prior to joining Evonik, he was a Principal Scientist at Medtronic within their spinal and biologics division. In addition to having a strong mechanical background, Troy has extensive process, analytical, and formulation chemistry relating to the controlled release of parenteral drug products in dosage forms such as implants, microspheres and gels.