The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) brings its European event to Vienna, offering a space for scientific exchange, regulatory insight, and manufacturing best practices. With a program focused on quality, technology, and patient impact, it’s a key meeting point for the pharma industry. We’re proud to be part of the conversation, and even more excited to be able to announce here something new that marks an important step forward. Event co-chaired by Ypsomed's Jakob Lange.
See you in Vienna for PDA, surrounded by history, driven by innovation. Visit us at booth 108.
Our talks and panel discussions at the conference
Day 1, 21 October
- 1:50 - 2:00pm | Tobias Theiler (Head of Human Factors & Medical Affairs)
Environmental responsibility and pioneering usability
Day 2, 22 October
- 11:40 - 11:55am | Reto Jost, (Category Lead Large Volume Injectors) & Sven Pohle (SCHOTT Pharma)
Large volume subcutaneous injections and the patient's perspective - 2:30 - 2:45pm | Andreas Schneider (Head of Innovation)
From Waste to circularity: Opportunities and challenges in decarbonizing self injection devices
Our speakers at the conference
Reto Jost
Reto Jost is Category Lead for Large Volume Injectors at Ypsomed Delivery Systems. He has been with Ypsomed since 2014 in various roles in product management and business development, working with pharmaceutical companies to develop and bring to market innovative self-injection systems. Since 2018 his main focus has been on new product innovation, with a particular focus on large volume injections. Mr Jost holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and a CAS in Business Administration from HES-SO, Fribourg, Switzerland. He has broad experience in medical devices, having worked in the industry since 2006.
Tobias Theiler, Dr. rer. medic.
Tobias Theiler is currently Head of Science and Evidence at Ypsomed AG, where he leads the integrated functions of Medical Affairs, Human Factors, and Scientific Evidence Generation. In this role, he drives the scientific strategy for Ypsomed’s self-injection systems, bridging clinical needs with user-centric design. Before joining Ypsomed, Tobias built a background across the medical device sector, working in leading systems engineering roles for more than a decade at Biotronik, Abbott Medical, and Ypsomed AG. Tobias holds a doctorate in Medical Sciences (Dr. rer. medic.) from RWTH Aachen University and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Ruhr University Bochum. His academic research focused on active cardiac implants and electrophysiological pathology. He has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications in these fields.
Andreas Schneider
Andreas Schneider is Head of Innovation at Ypsomed Delivery Systems. He leads business development, strategy, and engineering teams to drive new drug delivery device platforms and service offerings such as next generation autoinjectors and pens, smart connected systems and digital solutions. Andreas has published various articles and given presentations in the areas of innovation management and drug delivery. He holds a PhD in Innovation Management from ETH Zurich, Switzerland.