Bruce Hastings
About Bruce Hastings
Bruce Hastings is the Director of Packaging Engineering and Labeling at BeiGene and Managing Principal at De Mi Tierra Consulting, with over 30 years of experience in Global Packaging Design & Process Development within the biopharmaceutical industry.
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Bruce Hastings currently holds the position of Director of Packaging Engineering and Labeling at BeiGene in Newbury Park, CA. He is also the Managing Principal at De Mi Tierra Consulting in Thousand Oaks, CA.
Professional Experience
Bruce Hastings has over 30 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, specializing in Global Packaging Design & Process Development. His career includes roles at prominent companies such as Amgen, where he served as Director of Process Technology for 7 years, and GlaxoSmithKline, where he was the NA Packaging Shared Service Lead for 4 years. He also spent 12 years at Eisai as Manager of Package Engineering Services, and 6 years at Abbott Laboratories Hospital Products as Sr. Product and Process Engineer.
Education and Expertise
Bruce Hastings studied Packaging Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology, earning a BS degree from 1978 to 1981. His expertise encompasses FDA & EMEA Regulation, GMP, Change Control & Validation, specification, method and procedure development, and extensive experience in leading global cross-functional teams. He is skilled in small molecule and combination product packaging, device assembly, and process development.
Notable Projects and Initiatives
Bruce Hastings led a $20M global initiative aimed at ensuring the control of unlabeled filled products through internal coding and verification. He also established a global Technology Transfer Business Process to facilitate the efficient transfer of new products to clinical and commercial sites. Additionally, he co-led an initiative to develop low-volume packaging and device assembly capabilities for emerging market supplies.