David Barnes

Current

• Owner at Velesco Pharmaceutical Services

Past

• Associate Director, Ann Arbor Labs at Pfizer
• Scientist, Sandwich, UK at Pfizer

Education

• School of Pharmacy, U. of London
• School of Pharmacy, U. of London

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Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Websites

• My Company

David Barnes’s Summary

David Barnes’s Specialties:

Dosage form development including preformulation, analytical, formulation and GMP manufacturing.

GMP facility and equipment commissioning and validation.

David Barnes’s Experience

• Owner

  Velesco Pharmaceutical Services

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Velesco Pharmaceutical Services is based in Ann Arbor, MI and specializes in supporting the early stage work of pharmaceutical companies.
  
  We partner with companies with promising compounds, providing contract preformulation, formulation, analytical method development, GMP clinical manufacturing and consulting services.

• Associate Director, Ann Arbor Labs

  Pfizer

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PFE; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  January 2002 — February 2008 (6 years 2 months)

  Commissioned and validated the GMP clinical manufacturing area of Technical Development Facility (Bldg 550)
  
  Head of the Clinical Supplies Technical Support Group at the Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo facilities.
  
  Head of the Packaged Clinical Supplies Co-ordination Group at the Ann Arbor and Groton facilities.

• Scientist, Sandwich, UK

  Pfizer

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PFE; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  August 1988 — December 2001 (13 years 5 months)

  Developed solid dose formulations of new compounds and transferred these to commercial facilities in Europe and the US.
  
  Designed, commissioned & validated the solid product manufacturing suite in Bldg 510.
  
  Trustee of the Pfizer Ltd pension fund 1997-2001

David Barnes’s Education

• School of Pharmacy, U. of London

  PhD , Rheology , 1984 — 1988

• School of Pharmacy, U. of London

  BPharm , Pharmacy , 1980 — 1983

Additional Information

David Barnes’s Websites:

• My Company

David Barnes’s Interests:

Flying, fishing & target shooting

David Barnes’s Groups:

Member of:

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
The UK Institute of Chemical Engineers
The International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers
The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists

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