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Consultancy in pharmaceutical R&D. Strategy building to accelerate pharmaceutical product development. Special focus on injectable drug delivery systems such as microspheres, liposomes and other controlled release systems Scope: Formulation development Analytical method development Quality By Design Process development Process scale up Pharmacokinetics and in vitro – in vivo correlation Manufacturing process optimisation I am a Ph.D. pharmacist with more than 30 years of experience in pharmaceutical and biotechnology product development. Some of the domains I have been working in are: formulation development, assay development, in vivo pharmacology and pharmacokinetics, biotechnology, process development, statistics and data analysis I have worked in a few academic settings in cardiovascular pharmacology and in international groups developing novel controlled release systems for cancer treatments based on chemotherapy and radiotherapy. I like the interface between different disciplines. It is an area where learning creates understanding My industrial experience allowed me to learn how to achieve your goals with limited availability of resources. Helping build up a CRO business in formulation development and analytical development services has been key in understanding customers’ needs. With OctoPlus, I have partnered in more than 200 product developments, with both small molecules and biologicals. Most of these developments needed specialised controlled release formulations New tools like machine learning, modelling and structured risk analysis help to focus on what is important to make the best decisions in pharmaceutical product R&D Ruud Verrijk