Richard Francis
SVP Cmc and Manufacturing @Mereo Biopharma
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WORK HISTORY
SVP Cmc and Manufacturing @Mereo Biopharma
Overall responsibuility and oversight for all CMC and pre-clinical activities relating to Mereo\'s product portfolio of large and small molecules.
EDUCATION
University of Bristol
Bsc Hons, Biochemistry
ABOUT RICHARD FRANCIS
Over 36 years experience in the biopharmaceutical industry at companies such as Celltech, Centocor, GSK, Protherics and BTG. Direct responsibility at a senior management level (upto VP) for Process Development, technical support, manufacturing operations and product lifecycle programs. Significant involvement in the regulatory agency submissions both preparation of content and interaction with regulatory agency staff. This includes FDA (CDER / CBER), EMEA, Japanese and rest of the world approved biological products. Direct involvement in manufacturing site agency inspections and compliance audits. Have experience of working with a diverse set of product types including monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies, recombinant DNA proteins, plasmid DNA and viral gene therapy products at all stages of their lifecycle development. Specialties: Technology Transfer development of gate review phased programmes, Quality by design, Program Management, Process Development, Analytical Development, process and product characterisation studies, comparability programs, forced degradation studies, process scale up, process intensification, process transfer and process qualification / validation. I enjoy technical challenges in the resolution of both process and product issues and am solution orientated.
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