Evonik
Tuesday, 2024-04-16 - Wednesday, 2024-04-17

EUDRAGIT® Workshop 2024

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Overview

This free two-day workshop is an excellent opportunity for lab managers and senior scientists working in formulation development, process optimization, scale-up and production to learn about EUDRAGIT® polymers and their various applications, including immediate, enteric and sustained release in oral drug delivery.
Over the course of two days, Evonik's oral drug delivery experts will guide you through all relevant aspects from polymer functionalities to advanced formulation designs. On the second day, you will get a unique insight into working with EUDRAGIT® polymers during our hands-on session in the Evonik laboratories. The agenda will allow for expert discussions and exchange of know-how. Attendees will be able to apply their learnings from this workshop in their daily work.

Whether you are a newcomer to the world of coatings for solid oral dosage forms, or a seasoned formulation expert looking to refresh your knowledge of EUDRAGIT®, we look forward to welcoming you to this workshop.

Agenda

The workshop will start at 8:30 am on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 and finish at 4:30 pm on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

To see the detailed workshop program please click here.

Experts

Dr. Miriam Robota
Head of Formulation Services
Evonik Health Care
Vita
Dr. Miriam Robota is Head of Formulation Services within Evonik Operations GmbH in Darmstadt. In this function, she is responsible for the business development and implementation of formulation development service projects with focus on pharmaceutical solid oral dosage forms. In her function, she is further giving technical consultation and trainings on the Evonik Health Care product portfolio.

She received her degree in Pharmacy in 2009 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. After an internship at Merck Selbstmedikation GmbH in Darmstadt, Germany in the quality control of solid dosage forms, Dr. Robota completed her Ph.D. studies in Pharmaceutical Technology in 2014 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. The topic of her thesis was the development, characterization, and in vitro testing of biodegradable nanoparticle formulations for treatment of neurological diseases.

Following to her Ph.D. thesis, she started her industrial career in 2014 at Evonik as Manager Technical Service for Western Europe, followed by several functions within Evonik over the years, such as heading the Formulation Development Laboratory, Application Technology Laboratory and Production of clinical sample manufacturing for clinical studies phase I and II. During this time, Dr. Robota gained substantial knowledge in the application of EUDRAGIT® within the formulation development of solid oral dosage forms with immediate and modified release.

Dr. Robota is regular speaker at workshops and international conferences and is author of several publications.
Felix Hofmann
Director Formulation & Application Services EMEA
Evonik Health Care
Vita
Felix Hofmann is director of the Formulation & Application Services EMEA at Evonik Health Care. He is based in Darmstadt, Germany and is responsible for customer-centric and holistic technical support for the health care industry.

Felix began his career in 2002 at Röhm (now Evonik) as a lab technician and in 2015 completed a degree in process engineering specializing in pharmaceutical technology at the University of Applied Science in Bingen, Germany.

Throughout his time at Evonik, Felix has held multiple roles as a senior and principal scientist, handling customer requests, customer projects and process troubleshooting during scale-up and production of coated particles or tablets. He also has experience working on complex customer projects including GMP and HPAPI requirements.

Felix has published several papers and posters on the application of pharmaceutical methacrylates in the formulation of solid dosage forms and is co-inventor of several patents.
Nina Hauschildt
Principal Scientist Formulation & Application Services
Evonik Health Care
Vita
Nina Hauschildt is a principal scientist in the Formulation & Application Services EMEA at Evonik Health Care. She is based in Darmstadt, Germany, and in this role, she has been giving technical support to customers in North and Western Europe with a focus on excipients for oral drug delivery for over a decade. She joined Evonik 2010 as Senior Scientist.

Since mid-2022 Nina also supports customers in the application of Evonik’s new, non-animal derived collagenoid – the VECOLLAN®.
Nina holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical engineering, obtained at the University of Applied Science Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Germany, and a green belt certificate. Prior she also completed 3 years apprenticeship as skilled chemical worker.

Thanks to her extensive experience formulating complex oral dosage forms using functional excipients, Nina frequently works on formulation and process challenges in all application areas.

She regularly gives seminars and is the co-author of several scientific papers.
Thomas Rupp
Senior Scientist Application Technology Excipients
Evonik Health Care
Vita
Thomas Rupp is senior scientist in the Formulation & Application Services EMEA at Evonik Health Care in Darmstadt and responsible for the technical consultancy in the regions Eastern Europe, Germany, Italy, and the Eastern Mediterranean States.

From 1988 to 1991 he made an apprenticeship as a dental technician, followed by an apprenticeship as pharma worker at Bayer AG in Leverkusen, where he was employed until 1999 and working in the production of oral solid formulations.

During that time, he also attended the master school and in 1999 he graduated as a Bachelor Professional of Pharmaceutical Production (CCI). He then worked as shift and later operation master in the OROS® production of Bayer AG in Leverkusen.

In 2002 Thomas Rupp moved to the company Novartis Wehr (Germany), where he oversaw production of Carbamazepine OROS® as responsible operational master until end of 2003.

In 2004 he changed to the company SwissCo in Switzerland and worked as a production assistant in the formulation of solid food supplements until he moved to Röhm GmbH (Today Evonik Health Care) in Darmstadt in November 2004.

Thomas Rupp is regular speaker at workshops and international conferences.
Boris Lempka
Formulation Scientist Customer Projects
Evonik Health Care
Vita
Boris Lempka is currently working as formulation scientist for solid oral dosage forms in the customer project department of Evonik Health Care in Darmstadt and responsible for paid customer projects including clinical trial manufacturing and HPAPI requirements.

From 2001 to 2004 he did an apprenticeship as chemical worker at Röhm GmbH & Co.KG (Today Evonik) in Darmstadt.

In 2004 he started working in the process technology department where he was responsible for catalyst screening trials for monomers and intermediates.

In 2007 he changed to a pilot plant for monomers and intermediates at the site in Worms where he worked as head of the analytical lab. His responsibilities were lab organization, HPLC, GC and titration.

Since 2013 Boris is working for the formulation application service department for EUDRAGIT® polymers in Darmstadt. He is regular speaker at workshops.
Juan Tomé-Alcalde
Technical Support Manager EMEA
Evonik Health Care
Vita
Juan Tomé Alcalde is currently Technical Support Manager in Evonik's Formulation & Application Services group and located in Darmstadt, Germany. He provides technical support for oral and parenteral polymers in the EMEA Region.

From 2002 to 2010 he attended the School of Pharmacy, UCM, Madrid, Spain, for undergraduate and graduate studies, achieving two master degrees in Pharmacy and Industrial Pharmacy & Galenics.

Juan started his career at Evonik in 2007 in the drug delivery department. From 2007 to 2010 he worked as part of an internship, then as Pharmacist and Head of Evonik's Particle laboratory until 2013, co-inventing several patents.

Between 2013 and 2018 he transferred to Evonik Japan and worked as a Technical Support Manager with focus on complex parenterals.

Since his return in, he has been providing technical support to customers from different countries in the EMEA region.
Andreas Emrich
Technical Service Excipients
Evonik Health Care
Vita
Andreas Emrich is Senior Scientist in the Formulation & Application Services EMEA at Evonik Health Care based in Darmstadt. He is responsible for the technical consultancy, production support as well as lab evaluations and portfolio trainings of EUDRAGIT® and EUDRAGUARD® products for customers in the region of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and France. Additionally, he supports the GMP and HACCP production of clinical samples in relation with internal and external projects.

Between 2004 and 2008 he made an apprenticeship as a lab technician at Chemische Fabrik Budenheim KG. After the apprenticeship he worked 10 years as a developer of tablet formulations in the Department Business Development Excipients.

With his change to Evonik in 2018 he consolidates his long-term experience in tableting with the expertise in the development of complex functional coatings for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications.

Andreas Emrich is regular speaker at workshops and customer trainings and your direct contact for technical questions.
Dr. Seyedreza Goldoozian
Head of Application Technology
Evonik Health Care
Vita
Dr. Seyedreza Goldoozian is Head of the Application Technology Excipients laboratory within Evonik Health Care in Darmstadt, Germany. In this function, he is responsible for the technical consulting of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications in development and production and giving trainings on the Evonik Health Care product portfolio (e.g., EUDRAGIT® and EUDRAGUARD®) in the EMEA region.

Seyedreza studied Pharmacy in Iran, afterwards he received a doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat) in pharmaceutical technology from Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Prior to joining Evonik in 2022, Seyedreza held several R&D roles at Procter & Gamble (Austria) and Corden Pharma (Germany), where he worked on the formulation development and process optimization of solid oral dosage forms.

Accommodation

We have arranged an allotment of rooms at the Welcome Hotel from April 15-17, 2024, which is only 200 meters away from the workshop venue.

Welcome Hotel Darmstadt
Karolinenplatz 4
64289 Darmstadt
Phone: +49-6151-3914-0
E-mail: dar.reservierung@welcome-hotels.com
Price: € 189,00/superior double room/night incl. breakfast
Parking Garage: 15€/24h
Keyword: You will receive the keyword with your workshop confirmation!
Availability: Available until March 1st, afterwards only based on availability

Alternatively and due to its good location we can recommend the Maritim Conference Hotel and the InterCity Hotel. Both hotels are in walking distance to Darmstadt main station.

For best prices we recommend to check the usual booking portals. Please wait for the confirmation of your registration before booking your accommodation.

Details

Participation fee:
Free of charge
City/State:
Darmstadt
Country:
Deutschland
Seminar language:
English

Venue

The workshop will take place at:
Darmstadtium - Science and Congress Center
Schloßgraben 1, 64283 Darmstadt

Questions?

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Creative Communications Manager
+49 174 9092507 E-Mail