With over 26 years of practical pharmaceutical industry experience, J.W. Karolak is amongst the most pragmatic formulation and process development scientists.     J.W.Karolak’s formulation and process development expertise is built on many years of successful hands-on and leadership roles in Burroughs Wellcome, GlaxoWellcome and GlaxoSmithKline.  He has led pharmaceutical formulation development and process development projects for New Chemical Entities and Product Line Extension, including OTC products.  J.W.Karolak’s  experience in analytical method development, method validation and product testing contributes to  his key ability  to rapidly identify the root cause of  formulation and process problems, problem solving, experimental design and interpretation of  experimental data.     J.W.Karolak provides consulting services to pharmaceutical development scientists, managers, formulation development teams, manufacturing teams, QA and Regulatory Affairs specialists.   J.W.K. can provide advice quickly and at short notice , but also he is committed to work with  clients  to provide long term support.  In all cases, J.W.K. works with each client to ensure that his support is defined appropriately in terms of time, objectives and scope.