Speaker Biography
Brian Lange
Brian H. Lange, PE, is director of engineering in sterile and packaging operations for Merck & Co., Inc., in West Point, Pennsylvania, US. His responsibilities include capital management, maintenance and operations for facilities and utilities supporting barrier, liquid and lyo manufacturing along with packaging operations. Previous to his current position, Lange was associate director of lyo operations where he was responsible for lyo filling and packaging of biological and pharmaceutical products. Lange was also manager of sterile filling and responsible for liquid filling of sterile biologicals and pharmaceuticals. Before moving into vaccine manufacturing, he spent a great deal of his 18 year career with Merck providing engineering support to all facets of research including facilities, solid and sterile clinical manufacturing, and utility generation and distribution. Lange is highly-active within ISPE as a past chairman of the International Board of Directors, a past president of the Delaware Valley Chapter and a member of the Society's Facility of the Year judging committee. He served ISPE as a course leader and speaker on many occasions and has been published in Pharmaceutical Engineering. Lange is a graduate of Villanova University with a Bachelors in mechanical engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Pennsylvania.