Kent Abrahamson

AbbVie
Director, Combination Product Development
Kent Abrahamson is a Director of Combination Product and Device Development at AbbVie. He has over 30 years of experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, and combination product development. Kent has developed numerous electromechanical and consumable drug delivery systems, led the initial development work on the drug eluting stent at Abbott, and most recently created and lead the systems engineering, product engineering, and engineering test and analysis teams that contributed to the development of the Skyrizi auto injector, the Skyrizi on-body drug-delivery system, and the electromechanical drug delivery systems for ABBV-951. He has BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering and is a licensed Professional Engineer. He joined ISPE in 2023.

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