Holger Steinwedel

Head of Unit Production bei Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co.KG

Vienna, Vienna, Austria

About

• Design and scale-up of aseptic filling and freeze-drying processes • Validation/Qualification • Downstream processing of biological products

Experience

  • Boehringer Ingelheim (9 yrs 11 mos)
    • Head of Unit Production - GMP Compliance
      May 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 3 mos

      • Deviation, Change Control and CAPA Management • Head of Production (§8 AMBO 2009) • Joined the project team for the construction of a new large-scale cell culture facility with 185,000 litres of biopharmaceutical production capacity in Vienna in 2018 • Established the new team for GMP-Compliance in Manufacturing

    • Validation Manager
      Sep 2016 - Apr 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos

      • Process validation of aseptic fill and finish processes • Plan and organize validation activities • Perform risk assessments • Evaluate and summarize results

  • Process Development Engineer at Vetter Development Services USA, Inc.
    Sep 2013 - Aug 2016 · 3 yrs

    • Implement new aseptic processes for production of prefilled application systems • Coordinate projects from lab phase to manufacturing • Transfer and scale-up of aseptic processes • Responsible for the production of clinical trial materials • Design and evaluate lab-scale studies • Freeze-drying process development and scale-up • Evaluate and transfer new technologies and processes to production • Perform risk assessments (FMEA)

  • Engineer Process Implementation at Vetter-Pharma Fertigung GmbH & Co.KG
    Jan 2009 - Aug 2013 · 4 yrs 8 mos

    • Implement new aseptic processes for production of prefilled application systems • Coordinate projects from lab phase to commercial manufacturing • Design and evaluate lab-scale studies • Freeze-drying process development and scale-up • Transfer and scale-up of aseptic processes to commercial production lines • Responsible for the production of clinical trial materials • Create master batch records for clinical and commercial production • Validate aseptic filling and freeze drying processes • Perform risk assessments (FMEA)

  • Validation Specialist at ORPEGEN Pharma GmbH (since July 2008 Glycotope Biotechnology GmbH)
    Jan 2008 - Dec 2008 · 1 yr

    • Coordinated startup and validation of new production equipment • Created validation protocols and reports • Performed process validations • Created maintenance and calibration schedules • Performed risk assessments (FMEA)

  • Process Engineer (since April 2006 Supervisor) at ORPEGEN Pharma GmbH
    Jul 2002 - Dec 2007 · 5 yrs 6 mos

    • Responsible for GMP production of clinical trial material • Scale-up of purification processes (filtration and chromatography) • Training and instruction of operators • Prepared work instructions (SOP, MBR) • Evaluated and implemented new techniques • Contributed to design of new protein purification processes and analytical methods