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Todd Edgington
Automation Engineer
Genentech
Speaker Bio
Todd has over 19 years of experience in process automation and computer system validation in the biotech industry. His experience ranges from the design, installation and validation of large capital projects to the maintenance and upkeep of automated systems in licensed, operational facilities. He has worked on all aspects of GMP manufacturing from utilities, to bulk drug substance creation, to fill and finish. These facilities were designed to manufacture products ranging from diagnostics to therapeutics. He has worked for Hybritech, BiogenIdec and Genentech.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Biotechnology
B1: Automating Fermentation 9:00AM - 10:00AM (Tuesday, April 24, 2007)
Genentech recently constructed one of the largest biopharmaceutical manufacturing sites in the world in Oceanside, CA. The fermentation area of the facility includes transfer panels, multi-port mix-proof valve assemblies, and 18 bioreactors in 5 different sizes. The batch control includes equipment modules, parallel phases running on units and complex recipes. This presentation will overview how Emerson and Genentech applied the S88 model in order to modularize the control and minimize schedule and cost. It will discuss some lessons learned from the perspectives of both the implementer and the end-user.
