John Logar Johnson & Johnson
John Logar Johnson & Johnson Director, Radiation Sterilization
John Logar is the Senior Director, Sterility Assurance at J&J Microbiological Quality and Sterility Assurance (MQSA) and is responsible for leading technical subject matter experts (SP6) in support of aseptic processing and sterilization activities across Johnson & Johnson and is responsible for the sterilization operations at the R&D center in Raritan, NJ. John serves as a member of the J&J MQSA Leadership Team and is a co-lead for the Kilmer Collaboration Teams. In addition, he helped to bring back the J&J Kilmer Conference and served as the conference program chair in 2016, 2019 and 2022.
John has 25+ years of experience in sterility assurance of healthcare products and is an industry recognized expert in radiation sterilization as well as a strategic leader in the development and implementation of consensus standards and training programs. He served on the ASTM International Board of Directors for 9 years and served as the Chair of the Board in 2021. Currently, he is the chair of ASTM committee E55 on Manufacture of Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Products and serves on the executive committee of ASTM Committee E61 on Radiation Processing: Dosimetry and Applications. In addition, John serves as the Convener of ISO/TC85 WG3 on Radiation Dosimetry.
John has 25+ years of experience in sterility assurance of healthcare products and is an industry recognized expert in radiation sterilization as well as a strategic leader in the development and implementation of consensus standards and training programs. He served on the ASTM International Board of Directors for 9 years and served as the Chair of the Board in 2021. Currently, he is the chair of ASTM committee E55 on Manufacture of Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Products and serves on the executive committee of ASTM Committee E61 on Radiation Processing: Dosimetry and Applications. In addition, John serves as the Convener of ISO/TC85 WG3 on Radiation Dosimetry.