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Tablets & Capsules March 2019 17 Kerry Johanson, PhD, PE, is chief o p e r a t i o n s o f f i c e r ( C O O ) a t Material Flow Solutions, Gainesville, FL. He began his career in powder flow and material handling as a lab technician and has previously served as chief technical officer of JR Johanson, San Luis Obispo, CA. Currently he divides his time between his COO duties and his research projects at the University of Florida PERC. He has authored more than 40 technical papers published in technical journals. Material Flow Solutions special- izes in material property testing and analysis and design of both product and handling systems. Robert Sedlock is director of technical training and development at Natoli Scientific, in Telford, PA. He has been a part of the solid dos- age manufacturing industry since 1997 and has previously held posi- tions at SMI, Bethlehem, PA. Natoli Scientific provides solutions for tablet R&D, scale-up, and manufacturing challenges, including tablet trou- bleshooting, formulation evaluation, tablet press cali- bration, preventive maintenance, data acquisition software systems, and training. Richard Sidwell, PhD, is vice president and chief scientific officer at Recro Gainesville. He is responsi- ble for analytical, formulation, and process development activities for the organization, as well as clinical supply manufacture, testing, and sta- bility assessment. Recro Gainesville has expert staff in analytical development, formulation development, and clinical supply manufacturing. The company can prepare formulations and clinical supplies ranging from simple powder-in-bottle or powder-in-capsule supplies for Phase 1 testing through full produc- tion-scale batches of final formulations for large-scale Phase 3 studies.