Christian Scarpato

Merck Serono S.P.A.
Process Engineering Manager
He is a sterile engineering expert with more than 13 years of experience in pharma manufacturing sites (sterile and non-sterile manufacturing site). He worked on greenfield projects into the design, installation, and start-up phases in Baxter, GSK and Merck and into day-by-day technical support.
Recently He worked on three new sterile production lines (vials, cartridges, and syringes) with cutting-edge technology (isolator technology) and advanced automation (SCADA and MES driven manufacturing processes) in Merck Bari site. He currently leads the process engineering team in Merck Bari, that He created and developed. He is an active Member of ISPE, PHSS, BioPhorum and PDA.
He was a speaker at the 2024 PDA Good Aseptic Manufacturing Conference. He was a contributor of the BioPhorum document “User vision for the filling line of the future - commercial lines of the future”. He leads the Merck global Critical Utilities Community of practice. He graduated with honors in Chemical Engineering from Federico II University of Naples.