Sander Van Gessel MEng DFE Pharma

Sander van Gessel holds a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Groningen University, the Netherlands. He has been working for DFE Pharma, a leading excipient manufacturer, since 2005. After joining DFE Pharma as an R&D Scientist he has worked in several scientific and commercial roles for the company across the globe. Prior to his current role he was Innovation Director and Sales Director for APAC and Japan. As Director OSD Sander is currently responsible for DFE Pharma’s global portfolio of OSD excipients including Lactose, MCC, Superdisintegrants and starches. Recently he has lead DFE Pharma’s investigations into the role excipients play in potential nitrosamine formation in drug products through nitrite and nitrate precursors in excipients as well as numerous other projects. With over 15 years of excipient industry knowledge Sander specializes in detailed excipient intricacies and the role they play within the pharmaceutical industry.