2026 Advisory Board

Monica Adams
Global Head, Packaging, Device, and Design Solutions, GSK

Advait Badkar
Executive Director – Drug Product Design and Development & Head of Nanoparticle Development, Pfizer

Annette Bak
Head of Advanced Drug Delivery, AstraZeneca

Clare Beddoes
Head of Drug Delivery, CDP

Sherri Biondi
Executive Director, Device Development, AstraZeneca

Beate Bittner
Global Head, Product Optimization (Global Product Strategy), Roche

Ulrich Bruggeman
Lead Advanced Drug Delivery Technical Development, Takeda

Stephen Buckley
Scientific Vice President of Advanced Drug Delivery, Novo Nordisk

Ester Caffarel-Salvador
Associate Director, Strategic Innovation, Rare Diseases, Chiesi

Michael Cucolo
Executive Director, Business Development Transactions, BMS

Jim Cunningham
Senior Director, AbbVie

Mark DeStefano
Director of Combination Products and Devices R&D, Teva

Sudhakar Garad
Global Head of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Profiling, Novartis

Josh Horvath
Head of Device Engineering, Device Development, Genentech

Russell Johnson
Head of Delivery Sciences, Moderna

Jakob Lange, PhD
VP, Head of Marketing & Sales, Ypsomed

Suman Luthra
Senior Director, Analytical Research and Development, Merck

John Merhige
Chief Commercial Officer, Credence Medsystems

Tom Oakley
VP, Design & Development, Springboard

Bindhu Rayaprolu
Director, R&D, Regeneron

Theresa Scheuble
Head, Enterprise Design & Innovation, Johnson & Johnson

Lisa Shafer
VP, Product Delivery Solutions, Biogen

Kinsuk Shah
Senior Associate Director, Combination Product Steward, Boehringer Ingelheim

Milin Shah
Director of Biotech Ecosystem Development, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Srini Sridharan
Head, Drug Delivery & Product Strategy, BMS

Jill Steinbach-Rankins
Senior Associate Director, Innovation Technology, Boehringer Ingelheim

Anand Subramony
Eli Lilly

Courtney Sutton
Head of Portfolio Strategy, SHL Medical

Monica Swinney
Senior Director, New Product Planning & Drug Delivery Innovation, Gilead

Sarah Tao
Senior Director of External Innovation, Biologics, Sanofi

Paul Upham
Head, Smart Devices, Genentech