Klemens Höfer

Operations Manager at Zentrum Johannes Paul II.

Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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Experience

  • Operations Manager at Zentrum Johannes Paul II.
    Apr 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 3 mos

  • Clinical Manufacturing at Shire
    Apr 2016 - Apr 2019 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Implementation of a downstream manufacturing process (BAX826) in a newly established lab, including 3 column chromatography steps (BEC, HIC, SEC), 2 ultrafiltration steps and an initial chemical modification step. I personally focused on the establishment of semi-automated column packing and sanitization procedures, on the conduct of the chemical modification and the UFA steps and on drafting of MBRs, SOPs and equipment drawings. Successful engineering runs, GMP conversion and clincal phase III production of a chemically modified recombinant antihemophilic factor VIII.

  • Baxalta (2 yrs 8 mos)
    • Assay LCM expert
      Dec 2015 - Apr 2016 · 5 mos

      Analytical method life cycle management, including method validation projects, monitoring of assay integrity (standards and reagents implementation, stability plans) and creation of various internal and submission document types such as: VPRs, CCRs, CTPs.

    • Quality Control Technician
      Sep 2013 - Dec 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Development , validation and FDA BLA submission of a Fc function lot release assay (cell culture + ELISA). Earlier, conduct of different virological and serological lot release methods including haemagglutination, single radial diffusion, neutralisation assays and potency tests.

  • Internship at Children's Cancer Research Institute
    Nov 2012 - Mar 2013 · 5 mos

    Engineering of chimeric T-Cell receptors including molecular cloning, transfection of T-cells, cell culture, gene sequencing.

  • Scientist at University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna
    Feb 2012 - Oct 2012 · 9 mos

    Isolation and propagation of mesenchymal stem cells on microcarriers in bioreactors.