Coralie Richard PhD Eli Lilly and Company

Coralie Richard is the Director of Packaging Systems in Delivery and Device Connected Solutions (DDCS) at Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, USA. A native of France, she came to the USA to pursue her PhD in Organic Chemistry at the Georgia Institute of Technology. After working as an R&D scientist in a material company, she joined the primary packaging system team at Eli Lilly, supporting container closure systems development activities and container-related research projects. Her contributions were recognized with two Eli Lilly Top 100 Innovator Awards half a dozen articles and a patent. In her current role, she provides technical and organizational leadership in the areas of primary packaging/container closure development, secondary packaging, shipping & distribution, surface science, and several related DDCS laboratories. Her global team supports clinical and commercial development activities across all business units.