Expert Details
Drug Delivery, Formulation Development of NCE's, Pre-formulation, Stability, and Clinical Manufacturing
ID: 725216
California, USA
She has been involved in various dosage forms - conventional such as tablets, capsules, solutions (sterile and non-sterile) and non- conventional such as nasal sprays, gels, powders, controlled drug delivery (biodegradable and silicone polymers); inhalation powders (spray dried) and lactose blends and also nebulizers and ocuserts (polymeric ocular inserts).
She has been involved in various drug delivery methods such as microsphere preparation (solvent evaporation and extraction method); biodegradable and silicone controlled polymers (plastic molding); oral, nasal, ocular and inhalation.
She has been responsible in all aspects of drug development from Discovery to Phase 3 and commercial manufacturing. Lead screening, lead optimization, preclinical studies, non-GMP and GMP tox study support, Manufacturing for clinical trials from PHASE 1 and beyond. Stability, manufacturing, IND and NDA submissions.
She has been responsible for taking the molecules from discovery to drug dosage development through various phases such as for preclinical studies through early clinical trial through commercial presentation. Outsourcing, strategy for various phases and selection of vendors etc.
She has been responsible for various drug formulations from preclinical to clinical and commercial manufacturing.
She has been responsible for conducting stability studies for drug substance and drug product and interpretation of stability data and ICH guidelines.
She has been responsible for working on various investigational drugs in the area of inhalation and oral solids form and developing dosage forms, preformulation characterization and filing IND.
She has been involved in formulation of drugs as nasal sprays, characterization of devices for nasal sprays, stability and manufacturing of solutions for nasal sprays in the area of small molecules and biologicals. She was also responsible for screening and evaluating vendors in the area of characterizing nasal spray plumes etc.
She has been responsible for researching on new chemical entities, new drugs in the area of COPD, respiratory infections, asthma, GI prokinetics such as idiopathic constipation, opiate induced bowel dysfunction etc.
She has been responsible for working on various devices suitable for nasal spray, characterization of spray in terms of surface tension, viscosity, stability etc.
Expert is a member of multiple consulting networks and regularly participates in phone consultations with investors.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1995 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Pharmaceutics | Institution: University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI |
Year: 1992 | Degree: MS | Subject: Pharmaceutics | Institution: Northeastern University, Boston, MA |
Year: 1987 | Degree: M. Pharm | Subject: Pharmaceutics | Institution: University of Delhi, Delhi India |
Year: 1985 | Degree: B. Pharma | Subject: Pharmacy | Institution: University of Delhi, Delhi, India |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2003 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Group Leader | Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Responsibilities:She is responsible for preformulation characterization of lead molecules; molecule developability for progressing to Phase I and beyond; formulating strategy for clinical manufacturing, stability program, selection of vendor for manufacturing. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2000 to 2003 | Employer: Nektar Therapeutics | Title: Senior Scientist | Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Responsibilities:She was responsible for formulation feasibility as dry powder inhalation of the new and existing molecules. Screening and selection of proprietary technologies as spray dried powders. Evaluation of devices- inhouse and marketed; screening and evaluation of passive and active inhalers. aerosol method development. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1997 to 2000 | Employer: Nastech Pharmaceuticals | Title: Manager | Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Responsibilities:She was responsible for formulation of molecules as nasal solutions, gels and powders. Screening and selection of nasal devices. She was also responsible for developing animal models to screen various formulations. She was involved in clinical manufacturing and scale up for commercial manufacturing. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1995 to 1997 | Employer: West Pharmaceutical Services | Title: Associate Scientist | Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Responsibilities:She was involved in drug delivery in the area of nasal drug delivery and ocular drug delivery. Ocular drug delivery involved fabrication of ocuserts as silicone polymers and Nasal drug delivery involved proprietary microsphere powders. |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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AAPS (Association of Pharmaceutical Scientist) |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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She has 4 patents and a dozen publication and presentations |
Additional Experience
Vendor Selection |
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Worked with vendors in the area of clinical manufacturing of oral solids ( Aptuit, Catalent, PII, Pharmatek) |
Marketing Experience |
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She has been involved in non-invasive drug delivery technologies- solids, controlled release delivery, immediate release delivery, powders ( lipid an sugar based); solutions ( oral - sterile and non-sterile) |
Fields of Expertise
contract manufacturing, drug delivery, dosage form, drug development, drug dosage form development, drug formulation, drug stability, investigational drug, nasal drug delivery, new drug, nasal spray, clinical supply manufacturing, dosage, drug identification, drug evaluation, protein drug delivery, pharmaceutical technology, drug product approval, bioadhesion, pharmaceutical manufacturer, pharmaceutical research and development, ophthalmic pharmaceutical product, inhaler, drug degradation, pharmaceutical product development, delivery system, pharmaceutical product shelf life testing, injectable pharmaceutical product, pharmaceutical product formulation, muco-adhesive, polymer drug-delivery method, pharmaceutical design, pharmaceutical research, excipient, pharmaceutical industry, controlled-release drug delivery, pharmaceutical drug, drug, pharmaceutical manufacturing, oral drug delivery, ocular drug delivery, injectable drug, drug screening