Wednesday, March 5, 2008

March 2008

Manning Wood has been expanding over the past several months. I am currently working closely with two companies to assist them in expanding their business into the pharmaceutical and medical areas. I attended the PDA (Parenteral Drug Assn) Extractables/Leachables Forum in Bethesda, MD in November 2007 to learn about the latest developments in that area.

I continue to develop contacts in many new areas including:

Pharmaceutical companies - Pharmaceutical rubber/polymer chemistry/ manufacturing support / analytical services / pre-formulation drug development support / GMP/GLP procedures and support
Wound Healing Consortium (Akron General Hospital)
NEOUCOM Northeast Ohio University Colleges of Medicine
Malaria diagnostic research
DNA sequencing research
Rubber manufacturing
Recycled rubber materials
Fuel cell research/ analytical science support
Entreprenurial start-up company support

In addition to these activities I have also begun teaching chemistry at the University of Akron - Department of chemistry to pre-nursing students. I am exploring research opportunities within the academy in related disciplines i.e. polymer science, engineering, biomedical research.