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Huw Hughes
Pfizer Animal Health
Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Business of Disease
Prevention
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
1:30 - 2:00 pm
Abstract:
Global Animal
Health Sales in 2009
were 18.6 billion
USD, with the market
being split among
biologicals (25%),
parasiticides (28%),
anti-infectives
(15%), feed
additives (12%) and
other pharmaceutical
products (20%). The
global market for
biologicals was 4.7
billion USD in 2009.
Since 2002, the
global biological
market has increased
by 3.4% per annum.
The development of
biological products
for animal health
requires flexibility
at all stages of the
process, from
discovery through to
manufacturing.
Vaccine production
systems may vary
from the growth of
infectious agents in
animals through to
the most
sophisticated
methods for the
production and
purification of DNA,
with 40 or more
different products
(with many hundred
SKUs) being produced
and released from a
single manufacturing
site. Additionally,
multiple
registration
authorities with
different demands
for efficacy,
safety, and quality
may inhibit the
development of truly
global products.
Emerging infectious
diseases such as
Bluetongue virus,
pH1N1 influenza,
West Nile virus, Q
fever, etc. mandate
a rapid and robust
regional response
for effective
control. New
manufacturing
processes are
discussed that allow
for a fluid and,
where necessary,
rapid response to
field situations.
Biography
Huw Hughes is
Director of
Biological Process
Development for
Pfizer Animal
Health. He is
responsible for the
development of new
products and the
implementation of
new technology. Huw
is also responsible
for the Formulation
and Pilot
laboratories. His
team takes
veterinary
biological products
from Proof of
Concept through to
industrialization.
Huw has over 20
years experience in
Veterinary
Biological
Development, working
at Merial, Intervet/Schering
and Mallinkrodt
prior to Pfizer. He
has developed
products for all
major veterinary
species (including
fish). He has also
worked in Human
Health, both in St.
George’s Hospital
and the
Holt-Christie Radium
Institute where he
studied parasitic
diseases and cancer
immunology.
Huw has a B.S. in
Agricultural Zoology
and a Ph.D. in
Immunology from
Leeds University, in
the UK.
Click to view Huw
Hughes' ABIC 2010
presentation
