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Dr. Seán McMahon is the Business and Technical Manager for the ViatelTM bioresorbable polymer portfolio at Ashland, supporting customers with key excipients/materials and technical solutions in the development of extended release parenteral drug delivery formulations, medical devices, tissue engineering scaffolds and cosmetics.
He joined Ashland as part of the Vornia Ltd. acquisition in 2018 where he previously held responsibility for the company’s major business functions in his role as CEO. During his time at Vornia Ltd., he led development of the company’s major intellectual property platform for production of bioresorbable polymers. He has extensive knowledge of bioresorbable polymer design, chemistry and processing technologies used in medical applications. This experience comes from working on large research and commercial projects delivering bioresorbable polymer-based solutions for orthopedic, cardiovascular, neurological, oncology, wound-care, dental, ophthalmic, regenerative medicine and wider drug delivery technologies.
Dr. McMahon has published several research/review papers on polymer design for medical applications. He obtained his B.Eng. and M.Sc. from the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) and his Ph.D. from the School of Medicine and Medical Sciences at the University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland.
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