Timothy (Tim) Blanc is named the 2021 CE Pharm Award Winner.
The CE Pharm Award recognizes an individual for sustained and significant contribution to the practical application of capillary electrophoresis (CE) to the analysis of biotechnology and pharmaceutical products. It is awarded annually at the CASSS CE Pharm meeting.
Timothy Blanc was selected by the CE Pharm Organizing Committee for his many accomplishments in the capillary electrophoresis community. From his involvement in the development of the first commercial capillary electrophoresis instrument to his outstanding contributions as a mentor and leader in the field, Tim has worked continuously to promote methods that enable accelerated and more cost-effective biopharmaceutical development. He is currently an associate director/principal scientist of technical services and manufacturing sciences in the Global Mab Network at Eli Lilly and Company.
CE Pharm provides an interactive forum for the discussion of CE in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, including regulatory considerations. The forum also provides a venue for industrial CE practitioners to meet, network, and exchange knowledge for mutual education. This year’s meeting was held virtually September 13-16, 2021.
Tim has been an active participant of the symposium for many years, sharing his expertise as co-leader of the annual CE Pharm Troubleshooting Workshop and also participating on the organizing committee for the last decade. The CE Pharm organizing committee stresses the interdependence of pharmaceutical companies, regulatory agencies, academia and manufacturers. Tim is recognized for his remarkable demonstration of this philosophy through his work spreading “tribal knowledge” to all members of the CE community.
Blanc joins the following list of CE Pharm Award winners:
- 2019 – Hermann Wätzig, Technical University Braunschweig
- 2018 – Jiaqi Wu, ProteinSimple, a Bio-Techne brand
- 2017 – Meg Ruesch, Pfizer, Inc.
- 2016 – Sarah Kennett, CDER, FDA
- 2015 – Cari Sänger-van de Griend, Kantisto BV
- 2014 – Michel Girard, Health Canada
- 2013 – András Guttman, Northeastern University
- 2012 – Franka Kálmán, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland
- 2011 – Oscar Salas-Solano, Seattle Genetics, Inc.
- 2010 – SungAe Suhr Park, Amgen, Inc.
- 2009 – Stacey Ma, Genentech, Inc.
- 2008 – Anthony Chen and Wassim Nashabeh, Genentech, Inc.
- 2007 – Kevin Altria, GlaxoSmithKline
- 2006 – Norberto Guzman, Johnson & Johnson
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