John is Life Science Director Asia for PM Group, and is based in Shanghai. He has over 30 years' experience in the Pharmaceuticals industry, his career beginning in manufacturing,  and later moving into the design of facilities.  He has seen the rise, and change of economics, of single use technologies from their inception to being in common use. He is a firm believer that the current wave of supplier investment, and consideration of operating philosophies, will bring a step change in manufacturing methods and economics.