Florian Unger studied pharmacy at the Westfaelische Wilhelms University in Muenster and received his doctorate degree in pharmaceutical technology from Philipps-University, Marburg for his work in the area of Polymeric Drug Delivery, supervised by Prof. Thomas Kissel. He started his industrial career at Solvay Pharmaceuticals GmbH (later Abbott Products GmbH) in Hannover in 2005 as a lab head in oral formulation development, focusing on development of spray drying and formulation processes for gastric enzymes. In 2010, he joined Bayer Schering AG in Berlin as Technology Scout for Drug Delivery Technologies. Within that role, he was responsible for creating technology landscapes and setting up collaborations with academia as well as partnerships with technology companies. In addition, he co-supervised the development and market authorization of a transdermal patch. In 2014, a new role led him to the Wuppertal site of Bayer AG, where he built up capabilities in ocular and inhaled formulation development as Director for Parenteral Drug Delivery. In 2018, he took over the responsibility for Parenteral Drug Delivery capturing internal and external development of a broad range of modalities for the administration via different parenteral routes. Since 2022, Florian Unger is responsible for Drug Product Development at Bayer Pharma, covering oral and parenteral formulation & process development, drug product analytics and clinical supply manufacturing of oral solids.