David Riesop, PhD AbbVie

David Riesop is an analytical chemist by education. After his PhD thesis in 2012 he started his career in the pharmaceutical industry at Baxter and held different positions including Head of QC. In 2017 he joined AbbVie where he leads a team of scientists in the R&D NBE Manufacturing and Container Closure Science department. His current responsibilities include the parenteral container closure system development for AbbVie’s diverse early and later phase projects with a special focus on Extractables & Leachables and Container Closure Integrity. His recent contributions have focused on the implementation of a new CCI control strategy supported by deterministic CCI techniques.