Speakers:
Dipak Gordhan
Associate Director of Manufacturing Operations
Dipak brings more than a decade of hands-on experience in drug product development and manufacturing. Currently Associate Director of Manufacturing Operations at Upperton Pharma Solutions, he leads clinical-scale production and scale-up initiatives from Phase 1 through late-stage trials. He began his career in formulation development in 2013 and advanced through roles in technical transfer, equipment qualification and commercial-readiness activities. Dipak holds a Bachelor’s in Pharmaceutical & Cosmetic Science from De Montfort University and is completing his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Nottingham.
Nathan Collingwood
Senior Development Scientist II
Nathan serves as Lead Principal Scientist at Upperton Pharma Solutions, where he specialises in technical transfer and scale-up of pharmaceutical dosage forms from development into clinical manufacture. He holds a degree in Chemistry from University of Glasgow and brings more than a decade of both hands-on lab experience and manufacturing insight to his work. In his role he guides analytical method transfer, and process implementation for early-to-late-stage clinical programmes.