Elke Walter

Acting as primary contact for alliance partners and within the own organization for assigned alliances. Co-lead project management of the Nycomed – Takeda integration within the Transition Management Office. Coordination of in-licensing projects and project leader of multidisciplinary evaluation teams.

Transfer and strategic alignment of projects from research to development in the area of manufacturing for medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Realisation of manufacturing of product for clinical studies and for subsequent market supplies. Selection of contractors and placing orders. Assurance of sufficient quality.

Setup and leadership of a global function in the area of Manufacturing Sciences. Product improvements, risk management, root cause analysis with responsibility for the global Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical product portfolio. Successful completion of more than 50 projects. Development and coaching of a subsidiary in India. Design and implementation of a business process for expanding the product portfolio in Emerging Markets.

Initiation, implementation and closure of Life Cycle Management projects to expand the product portfolio of a blockbuster product. Preparation of business cases. Leader of multidisciplinary international project teams and cooperation with international partners.

Establishing and managing a new research group and acquisition of funding. Research projects in the area of drug delivery systems for biologics. Over 30 publication sin peer reviewed journals. Habilitation. Teaching and graduating PhD and diploma students in drug delivery technologies.

Process scale-up and validation in the area of solid pharmaceutical dosage forms; introduction in manufacturing of clinical supplies and in the development of semi-solid dosage forms.

Sales of pharmaceutical products and consulting service for patients in a pharmacy. Introduction in the organisation and management of a privately owned pharmacy.

Optimization and manufacturing of clinical supplies of a semi-solid dosage form. Development of a solid dosage form. Development of an analytical method.

Oral drug delivery In vitro cell culture models Gene delivery

Oral drug delivery In vitro cell culture models