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Navigating Risk and Change - Day 2

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Advancing Biologics Regulation: ADC, ATMP Comparability, and Raw Material / Excipient Management

Session 1: Regulatory Considerations for Antibody–Drug Conjugates and their components

In this session, you will learn:

  • Cleaning validations
  • Equipment considerations
  • Quality Attributes for components and bulk drug substance (bulk drug product)
  • Phase appropriate considerations


Session 2: A Regulatory Framework for Raw Materials Used in Biologic Drug Manufacturing

In this session, you will learn:

  • Understand how to align your raw material management program with ICH Quality Guidelines.
  • Learn how to develop an initial raw material risk assessment, based on a critical parameters and criteria.
  • Leverage industry knowledge and regulatory tools to help implement your critical raw material evaluation.

Session 3: ATMP Comparability study : regulatory requirements for critical changes - Case Study

In this session, you will learn:

  • When is a comparability study expected?
  • How to meet regulatory expectation?
  • Utilize a stepwise approach to conduct a comparability study
  • Manage the outcome of comparability results

Session 4 : Excipient Excellence: Understanding GMP and GDP Guidelines

In this session, you will learn:

  • Understand the different elements of excipient GMP
  • Review the different guidelines and standards for excipient GMP
  • Understand the importance of excipient GDP
  • Explore implementation of GMP and GDP

Speakers

Mandy Balleine

Mandy Balleine

Merck

Senior Regulatory Affairs Expert (CDMO)

Mandy holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry and brings over 20 years of extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, specializing in quality control, quality assurance, and regulatory affairs. She possesses deep expertise in managing regulatory filings, delivering exceptional customer support, and driving the implementation of compliant regulatory processes across diverse business functions.

Janmeet Anant, Ph.D

Janmeet Anant, Ph.D

Merck

Senior Regulatory Consultant

Dr. Janmeet Anant, PMP, RAC, is a Senior Regulatory Consultant with over 25 years of experience in biopharmaceutical manufacturing, specializing in sterile injectables. He is a member of the Regulatory Governance Team at BioPhorum and part of the PDA’s Paradigm Change in Manufacturing Operations team, focusing on quality risk management and post-approval change strategies. Janmeet has held leadership roles in the Bioprocess Systems Alliance and ASME-BPE, and supports CMC submissions for mAbs, viral vectors, and ADCs in the CDMO regulatory team. He holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and certifications in project management and regulatory affairs.

Houda Beltaief

Houda Beltaief

Merck

Head of Biopharma Regulatory Experts

Houda is an experienced CMC Regulatory Leader with extensive expertise in both US and EU regulatory environments, specializing in development and initial Module 3 for MAA/J-NDA/BLA filings, alongside lifecycle management. This included Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products and others Biological Products. She has more than 17 years of CMC Regulatory experience in the pharmaceutical industry and Biotech. She is based in France and currently heads the Biopharma Regulatory Experts team, within Regulatory Management. She is member of the EuropaBio Working group on Orphans & ATMPs. She is also member of A3P – GIC Bioprocess (Common Interest Groups), French Association.

Mike Polito

Mike Polito

Merck

Regulatory Expert, Pharma Materials

Mike holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and brings over ten years of extensive experience in regulatory affairs. He specializes in providing regulatory support for both Excipient and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) portfolios. Mike is proficient in managing FDA registrations and overseeing National Drug Code (NDC) assignments for API products. Additionally, he has contributed to the development of regulatory guidance documents and led the GMP comparison working group for IPEC Americas, demonstrating his commitment to industry standards and regulatory excellence.

June Hwang

June Hwang

Merck

Senior Modality Leader for Advanced Antibodies

June has over 16 years in life sciences and biopharma. With over 13 years of experience, she specializes in upstream/downstream processing, single-use systems, and continuous bioprocessing. She leads solutions for ADCs across APAC (excluding China), focusing on process efficiency and customer needs. June previously served as Global Go-to-Market Lead for Clarification, Upstream Systems, and Mixers portfolios.

Jeong-Hoon Lee

Jeong-Hoon Lee

Merck

Regulatory Management Specialist

Jeong-Hoon has 12+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical and life science industry. He has expertise in Quality Assurance for solid oral dosage forms and biopharmaceutical raw materials. In his current role, he provides customer training programs, provides local regulatory support for products licenses of Korean customers, reviews regulatory requirements for imported medical devices, food additives, and biopharmaceutical raw materials, and monitors regulatory trends.

Rain Lee

Rain Lee

Merck

 Customer Application Consultant

Rain has over 10 years of experience in chemistry, life sciences, and bioprocessing, specializing in upstream applications from cell line development to fed-batch and continuous perfusion. She leads go-to-market strategy for upstream innovations in APeC (Asia Pacific excluding China), blending technical expertise with commercial insight. Rain supports emerging biotech, CDMOs, and large biopharma, building lasting partnerships to drive innovation and growth.

Dr. Saroj Varavadekar

Dr. Saroj Varavadekar

Merck

Head of Regulatory Management, India

Saroj's current responsibilities include monitoring regulatory trends, commenting on guidelines, and representing the company at authority events and meetings. She has 10+ years experience in R&D, product management & regulatory management. She holds a Ph.D. in biotechnology from Institute of Chemical Technology.

Webinar Information

Pharma and biopharma manufacturing

  • Classical pharma manufacturing
  • Duration:4h

  • Language:English

  • Session 1:presented July 8, 2026

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