About

Hervé Soukiassian joined BD Medical – Pharmaceutical Systems in 2007 and is currently involved in product development pertaining to PFSs for T&T. Under his leadership, the BD Neopak™ XSi™ and the BD Neopak™ XtraFlow™ Glass Prefillable Syringe have been successfully developed and brought to market. He has also contributed actively within the PDA as co-author of both Technical Report 85, “Enhanced Test Methods for Visible Particle Detection and Enumeration on Elastomeric Closures and Glass Containers”, and Technical Report 73, “Prefilled Syringe User Requirements for Biotechnology Applications”. Prior to joining BD, Mr Soukiassian held various positions at Hewlett Packard, developing expertise in the fields of process engineering and product development for over a decade. He later joined the board of directors of ActiCM, a start-up company specialising in optical co-ordinate measurement machines. He graduated from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées in Lyon, France, as a mechanical and industrial engineer with a master’s degree in material sciences.