Roger Asselta is Vice President of Technical Affairs for Genesis Packaging Technologies. Genesis is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of capping equipment and related testing equipment for pharmaceutical companies that are manufacturing injectable drugs. At Genesis Mr. Asselta is responsible for parenteral vial sealing, the development of methods for evaluating seals using Residual Seal Force, and elastomer compression measurements. He has also developed a system to evaluate syringe force profiles.
Previously Roger worked for Comar, Inc. serving as Director of Quality Systems and later Director of Product Development. At Comar he was responsible for the technology that resulted in the development of a completely new and innovative parenteral container/closure system. Mr. Asselta is one of the leaders in the United States in the area of pharmaceutical glass technology and holds a patent for a unique vial design. Following Comar, Mr. Asselta joined Helvoet Pharma as Director of Quality and Technical Services where he was able to further develop his knowledge base in pharmaceutical elastomers.
Roger Asselta has been a member of PDA for more than twenty years where he has been active in the Packaging Science and Lyophilization Interest Groups. He served on the Glass Defects Task Force and chairs the Syringe Glass Defects Task Force. He is also a member of the American Society for Quality and has written and presented on several aspects of pharmaceutical container/closure systems. He holds a B.S. in Biology from Maine’s Nasson College and received a certificate in quality management from Penn State.