Will Olughu
Senior Principal Scientist Ipsen Pharma
Dr Will Olughu is a Senior Principal Scientist at Ipsen Biopharm UK. As a CMC Technical Lead, he provides critical leadership for pioneering biologics, steering programs and their complex technical requirements from the laboratory toward commercial launch.
Will is a renowned expert in biotechnology and bioprocess engineering, with a proven ability to manage complex biopharma portfolios, helping translate laboratory breakthroughs into large-scale therapies. Beyond this vital work, Dr Olughu is also a key voice in the broader scientific community, serving as a Visiting Fellow at Loughborough University and as an editorial board member for the World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology and the Journal for Chemical Technology and Biotechnology.
Seminars
Identifying, selecting and maintaining strong relationships with external manufacturing partners is vital to navigate the complex global ADC supply chain, often with multiple CMO partners whilst under accelerated ADC development timelines
Join this strategy-led workshop to navigate selection criteria and best practices to ensure beneficial relationships with outsourcing partners and de-risk your ADC manufacturing and supply
Workshop highlights include:
- Discussing opportunities to establish and maintain effective collaboration between sponsor companies and CMOs
- Breaking down criteria considerations to assess and prioritise manufacturing partner selection
- Assessing challenges in ADC drug-linker manufacturing and supply to understand key risk factors and deploy best strategies for mitigation management
- Discussing when and when not to outsource development and manufacturing
- Examining strategy to identify and build the right types of partnerships with contract organisations, personalised to the type of ADC project
- Identifying challenges in establishing effective collaboration between sponsor companies and contract organisations