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Published on: 2/17/2007
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Edward J. Smith, PhD, Principal Packaging Engineer, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Edward J. Smith, PhD is Principal Packaging Engineer in the Biotech Technology & Engineering group at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals located in Collegeville, PA (USA).He is responsible for the management of all package testing performed by contract testing laboratories and for cold chain procedures required to support the shipping of temperature-sensitive drug products.Before joining Wyeth, Dr. Smith was the President of Packaging Science Resources, a consulting group that provided technical services in packaging to the pharmaceutical industry.He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Villanova University and received his M.S. & Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Seton Hall University (So. Orange, NJ).
He is a member of PDA, ACS, ISO/TC 76, and IoPP.Within PDA, he leads the Packaging Science Interest Group, and is an active member of the Pharmaceutical Cold Chain Development Group.He has published many articles and chapters on pharmaceutical packaging and is a frequent speaker at industry meetings and courses.