David Valentine

Associate Director, Global MSAT at Lonza Biologics

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David Valentine has 28 years of experience in mammalian cell culture process transfer and scale up at Lonza Biologics. Responsibilities have included: Managing pilot batch stages of contract manufacturing projects; process transfer activities bridging process development and cGMP operations; acting as a subject matter expert for cell culture operations; completing process validation studies leading to new product licence applications. In addition to contract manufacturing support, he is involved in the implementation of global standardisation projects and evaluating new technologies. David has led the design and start-up of a number of bioreactor installation projects within Lonza. He has been engaged in many new technologies and their application to cGMP manufacturing, such as optimising Lonza’s platform processes in single-use stirred bioreactors, and the design and implementation of state-of-the-art bioreactor control systems.