Freeze Drying in Practice

Andrea Allmendinger is CSO (Chief Scientific Officer) at Ten23 Health AG and adjunct Professor and Group Leader at the University of Freiburg, researching novel parenteral drug formulations and device solutions to improve stability, usability, and cost of goods.

From 2010 to 2021, she worked at Roche as Principal Scientist, Pharmaceutical Development for parenteral products. Andrea is particularly specialized in the development of freeze dried, parenteral formulations, and process development, optimization and transfer of lyophilization cycles, as well as of high-concentration formulations and device combination products.

Andrea studied Pharmacy at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and the University College London, UK, and holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Basel, Switzerland. She obtained the venia legendi (German Habilitation) from the University of Freiburg, Germany, in 2021, and also serves as Editor-In-Chief for AAPS Open Journal.

After his studies of chemical engineering at the University of Dortmund, Klaus held a position as test engineer in a public water and waste association. His following position at the well-known German RWTH Aachen University consisted in practical industrial projects. After achieving his PhD in engineering about a thermal treatment topic, he moved to the appropriate industry where he worked as project engineer for big scale drying equipment. For almost 20 years now, Klaus works for in Martin Christ Gefriertrocknungsanlagen GmbH. In his current position as business development manager he is not only responsible
for market perspectives and key customer relations, but is also busy in seminars and workshops about freeze drying.

Sascha Pfeiffer is a Pharma Engineer with over 20 years' experience in Pharma Engineering in the area of API Fill Finish. Sascha is Managing Director of Pharmbiocon, Pharmbiocon is an R+D Company for Freeze Drying Cycles and an Bio Safety Level Laboratory II.

Sascha specializes in Process Engineering, Technical Transfer as well as plant process optimization.