Brian
Bigirwa
Brian
Bigirwa
Chief Operations Officer
BRENTEC
Biography
Brian is a founding partner at BRENTEC, an animal health solutions company with a difference, that’s dedicated to improving livelihoods in Africa by improving access to quality and affordable livestock vaccines to farmers on the continent. His background is in Biochemistry and Regulatory Sciences. He spearheaded the commercialisation and distribution of a Newcastle disease vaccine including setup of a BSL2 manufacturing site and development of a novel last mile distribution solution to poultry farmers. Additional research work revolves around evaluation of vaccines for suitability for zone IV climate regions with the goal of improving access to vaccines in the Africa.
Research interests
Vaccine Commercialisation
Zoonotic Diseases
Vaccine Formulation
Discipline
Bio-manufacturing Deployment Formulation technology Pharmacovigilance QC test development Quality assurance Registration Regulation Safety evaluation Host species
Cattle Poultry Pathogen
Parasites›Ticks Viruses Viruses›Foot-and-mouth disease virus Viruses›Infectious bursal disease virus Viruses›Influenza virus Viruses›Mareks disease virus Viruses›Newcastle disease virus Viruses›Peste des petits ruminants virus Stage of vaccine development
Clinical trials Commercialisation Field trials Marketing Pre-clinical trials Vaccine delivery