Course offering number:1206-308
Course ID:
435
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.
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