Rapid Pharma Development Team

Dr. Robert Hett Managing Partner Founder of RPD Education: Chemist RWTH-Aachen Postdoc University of Notre Dame Key experience: Business Development, Process Chemistry, API Development, GMP, CRO Management, CMC Project Management, Audits, 6 Patents, 15 Publications, Board member of OPRD Previous Experience: Carbogen:    Site Manager, of a pilot plant of 80 people, API custom manufacturing for early phase development under c-GMP Sepracor:    Senior Research Chemist

Dr. Dieter Krimmer Managing Partner Founder of RPD Education: Chemist, TH Stuttgart Key experience: Project Management, Fermentation, Chemical and Formulation Development, Drug Product, Regulatory Experience (FDA, EMEA, Bfarm), Validation, Qualification, Audits and Inspections Previous Experience: Independent Consultant:    CMC Management for e.g. Gilead, Trigen Hofmann La Roche:    Technical Team Leader for the products INVIRASE®, VIRACEPT®, TAMIFLU®

Dr. Cees Winnips Freelance Consultant for RPD Education: Physician, University of Amsterdam Key experience: 21 years in pharmaceutical industry: Clinical Research Phase I-IV, Pulmonary Drug Delivery, Business Development & Finance, Marketing, Founding & Management of Start-up companies, Strong negotiation skills. Previous Experience: Lumavita AG:    Chief Scientific Officer, Founder of Necura which became Shogoo and later Lumavita AG, a specialized infective disease company Wyeth AG:    Medical Advisor transplantation, oncology and infective disease WHO:    Advisor to global malaria program SkyePharma:    Vice President Pulmonary Drug Delivery unit Ciba/Novartis:    Medical Advisor Oncology, Women's health, Cardiovascular. Marketing Manager Ciba Austria, International Product Manager Asthma & COPD

Dr. Helmut Buschmann Freelance Consultant for RPD Education: Chemist, RWTH Aachen Key experience: Preclinical Pharma Development, Medicinal Chemistry, Generation and Evaluation of intellectual Property, 200 patents, 95 publications, 3 books Advanced 15+ NCEs into the clinical phase (e.g. Rosonabant, Cizorlitine, Dulopetine, Axomadol). Some have reached clinical phase III or are marketed (e.g. Tapentadol, Nucynta® Palexia®). Previous Experience: Esteve:    Research Director, preclinical research activities and intellectual property managed 100 people Grünenthal:    Head of Chemical Research, medicinal chemistry, process development and pilot plant, managed a total staff of 90 people

Hayno Rustige Dipl. Ing. Freelance Consultant for RPD Education: Master of Mechanical Engineering, TU München / TH Stuttgart Key experience: Design and implementation of new corporate Quality Management Systems according to GMP, qualifications and validations, preparation of and participation in inspections, more than 40 patents. Previous Experience: RPD GmbH:    freelance consultant since 2008 Micronisierungskontor GmbH:    Quality Assurance Manager (commissarial) since 2005 logic DATA GmbH:    Managing Director Veit Bügeltechnik GmbH & Co:    Head of development (managed 35 employees) Haru präzision GmbH, Stuttgart:    Head of Quality Assurance & Managing Director (managed 40 employees) Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart:    Development and Test Engineer (hydraulic systems)