THOMAS C. RANSOHOFF Vice President and Principal Consultant +1.781.281.2704 (o) +1.617.759.4109 (m) transohoff@bptc.com Profile An expert in the development and scale up of biopharmaceutical processes; separations and purification technologies; CMC program management; cgmp manufacturing; and management of technology based start up businesses. Extensive experience helping companies of all sizes advance a wide range of biologic products into the clinic and onto the market. Experience BioProcess Technology Consultants, Inc., Woburn, MA Vice President and Principal Consultant (2014 present) Vice President and Senior Consultant (2007 Present) Senior Consultant (2002 2007) CMC consultant to the biopharmaceutical industry providing strategic and technical services related to development, scale up, manufacturing, and outsourcing for biopharmaceutical products. Additional responsibilities include internal management and strategic planning. 2002 Present BioFlash Partners, LLC, Marlboro, MA President and CEO Co founded and managed a virtual bioseparations company from founding and seed financing through successful sale of the company s assets in March 2010. Built an organization to demonstrate feasibility of the pre packed chromatography column technology, established capability to supply product, and negotiated several technology licensing deals and final asset sale. 2006 2010 TranXenoGen, Inc., Shrewsbury, MA Vice President, Operations Responsible for process and analytical development and facility renovation for a start up avian transgenic company. Supported CEO in establishing collaborations with large biopharmaceutical firms. 2000 2002 Dyax Corp, Cambridge, MA Vice President, Program Management and Product Development (1999 2000) Vice President, Bioseparations (1996 1999) Directed technical and commercial development for a business unit formed to commercialize phage display technology in the bioseparations market. Built the business from concept stage to established leadership position in affinity separations field. 1996 2000 BioProcess Technology Consultants, Inc. 12 Gill Street Suite 5450 Woburn, MA 01801
Repligen Corp., Cambridge, MA Senior Director, Manufacturing (1995 1996) Director, Cambridge Manufacturing (1993 1995) Manager, Cambridge Manufacturing (1992 1993) Directed manufacturing operations at two GMP manufacturing facilities to support clinical trials of novel therapeutic proteins and monoclonal antibodies, contract manufacturing obligations, and recombinant Protein A product sales. Led the procurement and successful execution of contract manufacturing business. 1992 1996 Dorr Oliver, Inc., Milford, CT (formerly Biotage, Charlottesville, VA) Development Manager and Senior Process Engineer Responsible for the development, design, and project management of preparative HPLC and sanitary production LC systems for use in cgmp production facilities. 1989 1992 Xoma Corporation, Berkeley, CA Process Engineer Developed new formulations for monoclonal antibody and antibody toxin conjugate products, solving critical stability problems. Scaled up purification processes for antibody based therapeutics. 1978 1980 Education University of California, Berkeley, CA M.S. Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA S.B. Chemical Engineering 1986 1984 Board Memberships Tarpon Biosystems, Inc., Worcester, MA Co founder and Advisor Barofold, Inc., Boulder, CO Natirx Separations, Inc., Burlington, Ontario, Canada Zepteon Inc., Enfield, NH BioPharm Magazine Editorial Advisory Board 2007 Present 2010 Present 2012 Present 2013 Present 1998 Present Thomas C. Ransohoff Page 2
BioProcess International Conference & Exhibition Scientific Board of Advisors 2004 2009 Professional Associations International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering Boston Area Chapter Advisory Board, 1994 1997 1978 present Recent Presentations Ransohoff T. BioFlash Partners A brief history of an angel funded business. Presented at McLane Law Firm's Business Workshop: Working with Angel Investors; 2013 Mar 20; Woburn, MA. Ransohoff T. The potential for continuous chromatography in clinical manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals. Presented at IBC Life Science s Biopharmaceutical Development and Production Week: Methods and Molecules; 2013 Feb 26 Mar 1; Huntington Beach, CA. Ransohoff TC. The use of disposable technologies in biopharmaceutical purification processes. Presented at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting; 2012 Oct 14 18; Chicago, IL. Ransohoff TC. Can continuous purification of biopharmaceuticals become a reality? Presented at International Business Communication s Seventh Annual Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing and Development Summit; 2011 Sep 12 14; San Diego, CA. Ransohoff T. Manufacturing capacity trends and disposable technology. Presented at Hanson Wade's World Antibody Manufacturing and Development Pre conference Workshop; 2011 May 24; Boston, MA. Ransohoff T. Global trends in mammalian cell culture capacity and biomanufacturing. Presented at the Swiss Biotech Program at BioPharm America 2011; 2011 Sep 6; Boston, MA. Ransohoff TC. Biomanufacturing capacity: The bottleneck moves downstream. Presented at the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering s Annual Meeting; 2010 Nov 7 10; Orlando, FL. Ransohoff TC. Disposable technologies for purification of biopharmaceuticals. Presented at the Society for Industrial Microbiology New England Section s Winter Meeting; 2009 Dec 14; Boston, MA. Ransohoff TC. If you build it, will they come? The promise and perils of investing in biomanufacturing capacity. Presented at Sanford C. Bernstein s Second Annual Biosimilars Conference; 2009 Nov 19; New York, NY. Ransohoff TC, et al. BioSMB Continuous disposable multicolumn chromatography process. Presented at Cambridge Healthtech Institute s PEGS Protein Engineering Summit, Second Annual Protein Scale up and Manufacturing Conference; 2009 Apr 9 10; Boston, MA. Ransohoff TC. The ever changing landscape of biopharmaceutical API outsourcing. Presented at the Drug Chemical and Associated Technologies, the Institute for Supply Management and ICIS Chemical Business America s Strategic Sourcing Summit & Showcase; 2007 Oct 24 25; New Brunswick, NJ. Thomas C. Ransohoff Page 3
Ransohoff TC. Evaluating strategic options for biomanufacturing. Presented at International Business Communication Life Sciences Second International Biomanufacturing and Development Summit; 2006 Dec 6 7; Orlando, FL. Ransohoff TC. The use of disposable and alternative purification technologies for biopharmaceuticals. Presented at the Institute for International Research s Biopharmaceutical Production Conference; 2005 Jul 20 22; San Francisco, CA. Ransohoff TC, Levine HL. Assessing strategic options for biologics manufacturing. Presented at Strategic Research Institute s Third Annual World Antibody Summit; 2004 July 19 21; Philadelphia, PA and at International Business Communications Life Sciences Bioprocess International Conference; 2004 Oct 4 7; Boston, MA. Ransohoff TC. Capacity analysis for biomanufacturing. Presented at Cambridge Healthech Institute s PepTalk Conference; 2004 Jan 12 15; San Diego, CA. Mika AM, et al. A new type of membrane for chromatography applications. Poster presented at Recovery for Biologics, XI Conference; 2003 Sep 14 19; Banff, Canada. Ransohoff TC, et al. The use of economic models to support biopharmaceutical capital decisions. Presented at the Recovery of Biologics XI Conference; 2003 Sep 14 19; Banff, Canada. Ransohoff TC. Implementation of new technologies in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Presented at Barnett International s Biomanufacturing Conference; 2002 Sep 30 Oct 1; Boston, MA. Full presentation list is available upon request Recent Publications Ecker DM, Ransohoff TC. Mammalian cell culture capacity for biopharmaceutical manufacturing. In: Zhou W, Kantardjieff A, editors. Mammalian Cell Cultures for Biologics Manufacturing. Dordrecht (NL): Springer Science+Business Media B.V.; 2014 Jan. p. 185 225. (Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology; Vol. 139). Ransohoff T, Seymour P. No capacity crunch in sight. Pharm Technol. 2012 May;36(5):38. Ecker DM, Ransohoff TC, et al. The state of mammalian cell culture biomanufacturing. Woburn (MA): BioProcess Technology Consultants, Inc.; 2011 Dec 12. 150 p. Available from: http://www.bptc.com/ecommerce/reports. Jones SD, Ransohoff TC. Use products for bioproduction available options for cell culture and downstream processing. Amer Pharm Rev. 2011 May Jun;14(4):12 20. Blackwell J, Ransohoff TC, et al. Monoclonal antibody manufacturing strategies for the 21st century. Pharm Outsourcing. 2010 Jul Aug;11(4):28 35. Ransohoff TC, et al (BioProcess Technology Consultants, Inc., Woburn, MA). Cell culture manufacturing capacity: trends and outlook through 2013. Springfield (VA): Pharmsource Information Services; 2008 Dec. 126 p. Ransohoff TC. The rise of biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing. Biopharm Int.2007 Oct;20(10):165 74. Thomas C. Ransohoff Page 4
Ransohoff TC, Levine HL. A method for forecasting industry wide biopharmaceutical manufacturing capacity requirements. In: Langer E, editor. Advances in large scale biopharmaceutical manufacturing and scale up production. 2nd ed. Rockville (MD) and Washington, DC: BioPlan Associates, Inc. and American Society for Microbiology Press; 2007. p. 1191 212. Blackwell JV, Ransohoff, TC, et al. 4th annual report and survey: biopharmaceutical manufacturing capacity and production, 2006. In: Langer ES, editor. Rockville (MD): BioPlan Associates Inc.; 2006 Jun. 152 p. Ransohoff TC, et al. Forecasting industry wide biopharmaceutical manufacturing capacity requirements. In: Langer E, editor. Advances in large scale biopharmaceutical manufacturing and scale up production. Vol 2. Washington, DC and Rockville (MD): American Society for Microbiology Press and Institute for Science and Technology Management; 2004. p. 619 68. Ransohoff TC. Considerations impacting the make v. buy decision. Amer Pharm Outsourcing. 2004 Mar Apr;4(2):[7 p.]. Full publication list is available upon request Patents Maclennan JM, Ransohoff TC, et al, inventors; Dyax Corp., assignee. Purification of tissue plasminogen activator (tpa). United States patent US 7,074,560. 2006 Jul 11. Green JR, Ransohoff TC, et al, inventors; Dyax Corporation, assignee. Liquid chromatography column. United States patent US 6,171,486. 2001 Jan 9. Maclennan JM, Ransohoff TC, et al, inventors; Dyax Corp., assignee. Polypeptides that bind to tissue plasminogen activator (tpa). United States patent US 6,084,062. 2000 Jul 4. Conroy CM, Ransohoff TC, et al, inventors; Dyax Corporation, assignee. Liquid chromatography column. United States patent US 6,001,253. 1999 Dec 14. Ransohoff TC, inventor; Biotage, Inc., assignee. Column protection system for liquid chromatography system. United States patent US 5,242,586. 1993 Sep 7. Ransohoff TC, inventor; Biotage, Inc., assignee. Automated bubble trap. United States patent US 5,112,492. 1992 May 12. Mahar JT, Ransohoff TC, et al, inventors; Biotage, Inc., assignee. Gradient generation control for large scale liquid chromatography. United States patent US 5,089,124. 1992 Feb 18. Full patent list is available upon request Thomas C. Ransohoff Page 5