Dr. Andreas Ockenfels

Pharma Consulting

Project Overview

since 2021

Internal inspections and supplier audits, subsidiary of global pharmaceutical company, Vienna, Austria

since Jun 2012

Quality Assurance and Quality Control, including Interim Management, small biopharmaceutical company, Bielefeld and Hamburg, Germany

Jan 2017 – Jun 2023

Consumer Healthcare Products, project leader for optimisation, validation, and transfer of analytical methods to subcontractors (Switzerland, Argentina, Mexico), evaluation of process and analytical data for preparation and execution of process validations (soft gelatine capsules, caplets, syrups), support of process optimisation and troubleshooting, German subsidiary of global pharmaceutical company, near Frankfurt, Germany

Nov – Dec 2016
Support Manufacturing Science & Technology Consumer Healthcare Products

Manufacturing Science & Technology Consumer Healthcare Products, performance of continuous process verifications (CPV), preparation and evaluation of stability studies, troubleshooting and optimisation of analytical methods, headquarters of a global pharmaceutical company, near Mainz, Germany

Nov 2016 – Jan 2017

Preparation, support and follow-up of FDA inspection according 21CFR 210 and 211, medium-sized pharmaceutical company, near Nuremberg, Germany

Apr – Oct 2016

Third Party Quality Manager Consumer Healthcare Products, product design reviews, evaluation of continuous process verifications, preparation and evaluation of stability studies, support of quality managers, headquarters of a global pharmaceutical company, near Mainz, Germany

Aug 2015 - Apr 2016

Deputy Head Quality Assurance, supervision of generic drug manufacturers, supplier audits, optimisation of quality processes, medium-sized pharmaceutical company, Berlin, Germany

Jan – Jul 2015

Implementation of GLP in existing GMP system incl. successful inspection by the authorities, small biopharmaceutical company, Bielefeld, Germany

Jan – Dec 2014

Interim positions, e.g. Head of Quality Assurance, Head of Process Quality, evaluation and optimisation of quality processes, deviation, change and CAPA management, process and quality data evaluation, subsidiary of a medium-sized US biopharmaceutical company, near Duesseldorf, Germany

Mar 2013

FDA inspections according 21CFR 210 and 211, mid-size bio-pharmaceutical company, near Kiel, Germany

Feb 2013

FDA inspections according 21CFR 110 and 111, medium-sized pharmaceutical company, near Nuremberg, Germany

2013 – 2015

Lectures for students of Biotechnological Instrumentation Engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld, Germany

Dec 2012 – Dec 2013

Interim Manager Quality Management Systems, establishment and optimisation of processes and systems especially in the quality control unit, root cause analyses in production, medium-sized subsidiary of a global medical device and pharmaceutical company, near Osnabrueck, Germany

May 2012

FDA inspection according 21CFR 210 and 211, medium-sized pharmaceutical company, near Nuremberg, Germany

Feb – Oct 2012

Self-inspections and supplier qualification, medium-sized subsidiary of global pharmaceutical company, Munich, Germany

Nov 2011 – Nov 2012

FDA remediation program, deviation and CAPA management, mid-sized subsidiary of a global pharmaceutical company, near Salzburg, Austria

Oct 2011

Support in preparation of technical and marketing material, small sensor manufacturer, Dusseldorf, Germany

Permanent Position

Feb 2010 – Oct 2011

Harmonisation of GMP quality assurance systems of several sites in Europe and USA

Jan 2006 – Oct 2008

Reorganisation of the quality assurance system (quality control) from a combined GLP and GMP system to a pure GMP system

Nov 2006 – Apr 2007
Extension of the GLP quality assurance system at a subsidiary

Extension of the GLP quality assurance system at a subsidiary (quality control in vivo) to include GMP, harmonisation of the system with headquarters

Oct 2005 – Sep 2006

Participation in the merger with a competitor (viral clearance studies)

Jul 2003 – Mar 2004

Establishment of a GMP quality assurance system for the biotechnological production of an active pharmaceutical ingredient at a subsidiary company.

Jan – Apr 2004

Design and implementation of a validation system for computerized systems

Sep 2002 – Mar 2003

Implementation of a quality assurance system at a supplier

Oct 2002 – Feb 2003

Established stability storage facilities and system

Oct – Dec 2002

Established and implemented a deviation control and CAPA system