Jean-Etienne Fortier

- Scientific expertise and technical management in process optimization
- Coaching of a technical staff through scientific and people performance management
- Chemical, technical and process support to any chemical APIs and intermediates process development and Manufacturing to ensure the success of business critical projects.
- Transfer of chemical knowledge/process from Development and Industrialization to manufacturing (internally or externally)
- Kinetic and statistical studies of unitary operations
- New technologies studies (equipments and methods)
- Troubleshooting

- Management of the complete team : 4 technicians and 1 pharmacist
- Directly linked to the pharmaceutical coordinator and the responsible pharmacist
- Production of FDG (F18-fluorodeoxyglucose, injectable radiopharmaceutical) for PET imaging
- Responsible of equipments (qualification, maintenance), building (QA, QV et security) and budget management (turn-over ~ M€ 3,0)
- Batches release and authorization of expedition
- Organization of manufacturing
- Initiated a monitoring of performance and maintenance: numbers of breakdowns and their consequences reduction (more than 99% batches released / programmed)
- Nightwork : 4am-12pm

- Supplier of the deputy pharmacist and plant leader
- Responsible of quality control
- Participation in the preparation and answers during inspections of AFSSAPS (French Agency of Sanitary Safety of the Products of Health) and ASN (Agency of Nuclear Safety)
- Improvement of a tool of follow-up of equipments (periodic qualification and validation)
- Creation of an information medium on the technology used in manufacturing for customers and radiology manipulators

Optimization of the manufacturing process of vinorelbine
- Cycle time analysis
- Introduction of statistical based studies on operating conditions of synthesis
- Feasibility study of on-line Raman and IR spectroscopy, recommendations for the implementation. Study applied on several process (chemical and biological)

Clinical training (International pharmacy student federation exchange)
- Galenic research for a pediatric drug
- Physical and chemical stability analysis of ternary mixes of drugs containing morphine and ketamine

Organization of activities and summer camp

Teacher in mathematics, chemistry, physic, cellular and molecular biology (preparation to pharmacy’s 1st year competitive exam).
Responsibilities in local management (organization and recruitment)