Susana Ecenarro Probst
Vice-President R&D / Regulatory Affairs

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About

Susana Ecenarro is Vice President R&D/Regulatory at Qualicaps Europe. She holds an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy. Prior to Qualicaps, she worked for Schering AG (Berlin, Germany) for 18 years in various
quality positions and covering several functions, including analytical development, process validation, technology transfer and operation excellence projects, followed by five years leading an analytical R&D unit at a Bayer Healthcare (Berlin, Germany) facility. Ms Ecenarro’s main role at Qualicaps is supporting R&D centres within the pharmaceutical industry with new drug developments by providing the scientific and technical
expertise they might need, as well as promoting collaborations with European universities and other third parties focusing on the application of state-of-the-art capsule technologies.

Contributions

CHARACTERISING WALL THICKNESS OF QUALI-V^®-I CAPSULES & ITS EFFECT ON CAPSULE PUNCTURE BY A DPI PIN

Siamac Parker, Sion Coulman, Prof James Birchall alongside Susana Ecenarro and Mahmoud Farag, present a study that uses optical coherence tomography to characterise the wall thickness of capsules at the dome position and investigates the importance of controlling the dome thickness of hard-shell capsules to be used in a dry powder inhaler.

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EVALUATING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF “EXTRA DRY” HARD-SHELL CAPSULES

Sion Coulman, Siamac Parker, Prof James Birchall, Susana Ecenarro and Mahmoud Farag discuss new developments in low moisture content capsule technology for hygroscopic and very moisture-labile APIs.

INDUSTRIALISATION

QUALI-V EXTRA DRY: A NOVEL CAPSULE FOR DELIVERING HYGROSCOPIC FORMULATIONS

Jose Luis Encinas and Susana Ecenarro explore how the use of Quali-V^® Extra Dry capsules can help improve product stability and, crucially, lead to efficiencies and savings in drug product manufacture.

INHALABLE THERAPEUTIC BIOLOGICS, A PARADIGM SHIFT FOR NON-INVASIVE EFFICIENT MEDICAL TREATMENTS

Susana Ecenarro Probst and Francesca Buttini discuss the rising prominence of biologics in the pharmaceuticals market and how dry powder inhalers utilising hard capsules are a promising potential delivery method for these new drugs.

AN OVERVIEW OF DRY POWDER INHALATION FOR SYSTEMIC DRUG DELIVERY

Brian Jones and Susana Ecenarro Probst discuss the growing interest in using inhaled APIs to treat systemic conditions. Furthermore, they review some of the methods used to engineer molecules to be suitable for DPI capsules and look to the possibility of administering biomolecules via the pulmonary route.

AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY & EFFICIENT DOSAGE FORM

Susana Ecenarro Probst presents evidence, set against the backdrop of environmental concerns over HFC propellants in MDIs, supporting the adoption of dry-powder inhalers as an attractive alternative.

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