James Thompson

James Thompson has extensive work experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. James has held various roles with different companies, starting with their position as an Engineering Intern at BD in 2001. From there, they worked at Amgen as a Process Engineer in Pilot Plant Process Development and later as a Sr. Engineer in Drug Product Technology, where they led technology transfers and production support for Contract Manufacturing Organizations.

Thompson then joined CancerVax as a Process Development Engineer, where they provided hands-on direction in the development and scale-up of cell culture and fill/finish production for a therapeutic melanoma vaccine. James also supported facility expansion projects.

Next, they moved to Amylin Pharmaceuticals as a Process Engineer II, leading fill/finish capital equipment projects for a new biopharmaceutical facility in Ohio.

After that, Thompson worked at Amgen again, this time as an Associate Director, Drug Product Operations, and later as a Director and then a Senior Director. In these roles, they oversaw drug product operations and was responsible for managing deviations, CAPAs, and change controls.

James'smost recent position was as an Executive Director, Drug & Finished Product Manufacturing at Coherus BioSciences, where they oversaw drug manufacturing operations.

James Thompson earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University, where they studied from 1999 to 2002.