Why the Excipients Market Needs to Embrace the New Normal

Kevin has been with Colorcon for over 15 years where he has been the Technical Expert in film coating, immediate release excipients and extended release excipients. Kevin is now Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance Manager for Colorcon and is responsible for the EMEA region, providing regulatory support to customers in both the pharmaceutical and food industries, monitoring any regulatory changes, industry initiatives and is closely involved with the IPEC Quality and Regulatory Affairs Committee. Kevin is also responsible for Quality at the Dartford site, and hosting of all customer and certification audits as well as conducting supplier audits as an IRCA qualified Lead Auditor. Prior to Colorcon, Kevin spent 5 years at Boots Healthcare Development, where he was Team Leader developing solid oral dosage forms for Boots Pharmacies. Kevin graduated with from Nottingham University in 1994. He has been involved in the pharmaceutical industry for 20 years. .

Dr Iain Moore is the Global Head of Quality Assurance at Croda International, a supplier of many types of high purity excipients. He has held a range of QA roles in Croda for over 25 years, including implementing ISO and GMP standards and hosting regulatory inspections to API GMPs. He has contributed to the publication of both European and US National Standards, the famous IPEC-PQG GMP Guide for Pharmaceutical Excipients and the EFfCI GMP Guide for Cosmetic Ingredients. He was instrumental in the team that took the IPEC-PQG GMP Guide and converted it to the EXCiPACT Certification Scheme for Pharmaceutical Excipients. He is the current chair of the EFFCI GMP Committee and is the current President of the Board of EXCIPACT asbl. .