Oliver Germershaus University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland / Partiris GmbH

Oliver Germershaus is Professor of Pharmaceutics of Macromolecular Drugs and Head of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biotechnology at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, focusing on research and development in the field of biologics formulation and processing, drug delivery system development, and parenteral packaging and device development. In recent years, special emphasis has been placed on the development of novel particle standards, specifically designed to match the appearance and behaviour of protein particles. Furthermore, evaluation of container-closure integrity, especially at frozen and cryogenic storage conditions, is a current focus topic. Oliver Germershaus is Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Partiris GmbH, a Swiss Start-up focussing on the development and distribution of highly specialized pharmaceutical standard materials such as particle standards for manual and automatic visual inspection.