Victoria Cofre, MS

At Roquette, Victoria Cofre is a drug formulation/excipient specialist focusing on application development, innovation, and scale-up of complex drug delivery systems, providing technical solutions to drug delivery challenges in a multitude of dosage forms across market segments and regions.

Victoria brings with her a 20+year career in the pharma and biotech industries, where she has held various pivotal roles at pharmaceutical organizations including Merck Research Laboratories and Lubrizol Life Sciences, prior to joining Roquette. She has authored multiple patents and publications pertaining to pharmaceutical research and innovation.

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Danilo Brito, MS

Danilo Brito holds bachelor’s degrees in Pharmacy and Biotech Engineering and brings nearly 11 years of experience developing pharma and nutraceutical formulations in Brazil. He has been working at Budenheim in Germany for almost 4 years as an Innovation & Application Development Manager, providing technical support to customers in the Americas as well as developing application studies.

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Kapish Karan, MS

At Ashland, Global OSD R&D Leader Kapish Karan is focused on pharmaceutical oral solid dosage, leading long-term innovation and providing support for strategic customers. He has more than ten years of experience in film-coating applications, the design of immediate- and modified-release coating products, unit operations associated with the preparation of oral solid dosage forms.

His recent expertise has expanded into continuous processing as it relates to the manufacture of oral solid dosage forms.

He holds several patents pertaining to pharmaceutical and nutritional supplements dosage form design and film coating technologies and has published and presented on granulation, coating technology, and taste masking at various technical conferences.

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Abe Vaynberg, PhD

A chemical engineer by training and a problem-solver by nature, Abe Vaynberg brings a no-nonsense, hands-on approach to formulation science and engineering. With a PhD in Chemical Engineering and broad industrial experience spanning VMS, food, personal care, and coatings, the common thread throughout his work is a deep understanding of molecular interactions—and how they translate into real-world product performance.

From the lab bench to the production floor, Abe combines scientific rigor with practical engineering fundamentals to tackle complex formulation challenges, scale-up hurdles, and stubborn processing issues. Expect an engaging session grounded in principles and real-world examples.

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Dave Schonecker, MS

David R. Schoneker is currently the President/Owner of Black Diamond Regulatory Consulting, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in providing regulatory and quality consulting for the pharmaceutical, dietary supplement, food and related industries.

With over 45 years of experience working in these areas, Dave has developed strong networks with trade associations (IPEC, IFAC, IACM, CRN, CHPA, etc.), regulatory agencies and pharmacopeias around the world.

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