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Sterile Products: Formulation, Manufacture and Quality Assurance
June 12-14, 2012
Burlingame, CA

Dr. Michael J. Akers; Senior Director of Pharmaceutical R&D, Baxter BioPharma Solutions

Dr. Michael J. Akers has taught sterile product courses for 35 years. He has 40 years of experience in the development and manufacture of sterile dosage forms including solutions, suspensions, ophthalmics and freeze dried products. He has contributed to the filing of eleven new drug applications including Humulin® Cartridges and Gemzar®. Currently Dr. Akers is Senior Director of Pharmaceutical Research and Development for Baxter BioPharma Solutions in Bloomington, IN. Previously, he served as an independent consultant for the parenteral industry with over 60 clients. His background includes significant experiences at Searle (now Pfizer), Alcon, and Eli Lilly. He also was professor of pharmaceutics at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy and currently is adjunct professor at six schools of pharmacy. He has authored, co-authored, or edited 4 books and 20 book chapters including the chapter on Parenteral Products that will appear in the new 22nd edition of Remington's The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 2012.