Dr Jan Vertommen, PhD

Current Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee

Director, Capsugel, Strasbourg, France

Dr. Jan Vertommen is the Director of the Development Center Pharma at Capsugel. His principal role is to lead teams responsible for product development based on well-established technologies such as lipid based formulation encapsulation in softgel or hard capsules as well as new technologies acquired and developed by Capsugel. As Qualified Person he supervises clinical manufacturing at the Product Development Center in Strasbourg, France.

Dr. Jan Vertommen received his degree of pharmacist and made his PhD thesis on pelletization techniques at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Before joining Capsugel in 2003 he held production and general management positions in pharmaceutical companies based in Europe.

Dr. Jan Vertommen authored a book entitled, “Pelletization in a rotary processor using the wet granulation technique”, made several publications in scientific journals, and gave numerous presentations at scientific symposia on pelletization technologies and lipid based formulation development.