Aventis organization

Aventis CropScience Unit, See Bayer CropScience, Subsidiary of Bayer AG (Gemiany), 156 Aventis SA, 156 Avon Organics Ltd., 169 AWL, 203... 

Michael J. Bowker studied chemistry and received his doctorate in Organic Chemistry from the University of Leeds, UK. After 5 years working for a multinational polymer company, he moved to May Baker Ltd., a UK subsidiary of Rhone-Poulenc Sante (now Sanoli-Aventis). He was a Director of Analytical Chemistry for about 15 years and, more recently. Director of Preformulation at Aventis Pharma Ltd. He has been intimately involved in preformulation and solid-state activities, on a worldwide basis for more than 15 years. He has published several research papers and one chapter for a book on pharmaceutical salts and is currently a Director of M. J. Bowker Consulting Limited, a small company undertaking consultancy in salt selection, polymorph selection and pharmaceutical preformulation. 

In complex, global organizations, the challenge is to create an environment that enables the transfer of information and knowledge, and utilizes rapid prototyping. One answer is the establishment of CBPs and was applied in Aventis. 

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