James L. Drinkwater

Franz Ziel GmbH
Chairman of PHSS & Head of Aseptic Processing Technologies
James Drinkwater is the Head of Aseptic processing technologies and GMP compliance at F Ziel Germany. James has a voluntary role as Chairman of the not for profit society: PHSS – Pharmaceutical and Healthcare sciences society and leads the PHSS Bio-contamination and RABS special interest groups. James is an active member of the PDA and ISPE.
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Having worked 10 years in the Pharmaceutical industry, Amersham UK now GE Healthcare this was followed by positions of Technical Director at Barrier technology companies and Process and Compliance Director at a Bio-decontamination company. James is a subject matter expert (SME) on Gaseous disinfection and surface sterilisation using Hydrogen peroxide vapour (vH202) technologies together with associated biological indicators with contribution to the PDA technical report 51.
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James current specialisation is in the area of cGMP and specifically Aseptic processing involving risk based environmental control and process monitoring for sterile product manufacturing, filling and sterility testing.