Patty H Kiang, Ph.D. is a Packaging and Device Consultant, currently consulting on Quality Systems, CMC filing for Combination Products and Clinical packaging and labeling issues for several Biotech companies. She was Associate Director, Device Development for Genentech Inc. in South San Francisco, CA. In this role, she was responsible for setting up the device development group and successfully developed a new autopen injector for Growth Hormone, which was approved by the FDA. Prior to joining Genentech, she was Director, Delivery Device and Packaging Support for Schering Plough, in Kenilworth, NJ. She was responsible for Schering Plough’s Global Packaging Services in the areas of injectable, inhalation, solid and semisolid dosage forms. She has successfully developed or improved several injectable and inhalation devices such as Interferon Novo Pen, PEG Interferon Redipen, Nasonex inhaler, and several other metered dose inhalers. Prior to joining Schering Plough, she was Director of Technology Development for West Pharmaceutical Services in Lionville, PA, a developer and manufacturer of parental drug packaging components, where she held various positions in Quality Control, Research / Development, Technical Service and Technology Development. Prior to West, she was a Senior Technologist for Sherwood Medical Industries in Deland, Fla.
She was a member of the faculty of the PDA’s Training and Research Institute, where she taught courses on Parenteral Packaging, and served as a member of USP’s Expert Committee on Drug Packaging, Storage and Distribution. She is an expert in the area of drug and container/closure interactions and compatibility issues.
She is a frequent speaker and chaired many symposia on the packaging of pharmaceutical and biotechnology derived products. Most recently, she chaired the PDA 2006 Global Prefilled Syringe & Injection Device Conference. Dr. Kiang holds five patents in the field of polymer surface coatings. She received a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Villanova University and holds an MBA from Pennsylvania State University.
