Deborah Havlik DAHavlik Consulting

Deborah Havlik has been working as an independent consultant with expertise in microbiology and sterilization for the past four years. Prior to that, she was the Director of R&D Microbiology in Pfizer and was responsible for supporting the development of microbiological test methods and sterilization processes for drug products, biologics and combination products globally. Deborah has industry experience working in device, contract sterilization/contract laboratory and pharmaceutical companies. She has developed sterilization processes in ethylene oxide, moist heat, dry heat and radiation and also evaluated novel sterilization technologies. She is active with the Parenteral Drug Association and with AAMI and ISO on multiple working groups developing sterilization standards, and is a member of the USP Small Molecules 1 Expert Committee.