Commercializing Antibody Drug Conjugates: A CMO’s Journey

Elizabeth is a commercial project manager in St. Louis, MO, mainly supporting ADC projects. Prior to her current role, Elizabeth was a quality engineer within the organization, supporting cleaning, change control, and validation, and she was instrumental in getting the site prepared for the commercial manufacture of ADCs. She has a bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical sciences from Purdue University.

Jake is a project lead scientist in Merck's process and analytical development group in St. Louis which manufactures antibody drug conjugates (ADCs). Jake has previously held multiple positions in the ADC manufacturing group and brings experience in scale-up and technology transfer. He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the Southeast Missouri State University.

Kerry has 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry within the quality assurance group and 7 years as a forensic scientist with the Illinois State Police. Kerry works in Merck's site quality area for the St. Louis site which manufactures APIs, excipients, and biological buffers for the pharmaceutical industry, including antibody drug conjugates (ADCs). She received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Truman State University.