Brief Biography:
* 14 years of experience in drug discovery and development * Experience in the entire spectrum of discovery and development of oncology therapeutics; target identification, validation, assay development, lead identification, optimization, preclinical and clinical development of small molecule and protein therapeutics * Special Interest in translational oncology research including patient stratification, companion diagnostics, mechanisms of drug response and resistance, biomarkers and pharmacodynamic markers, rational combination therapeutic strategies etc. * Track record of delivering clinical candidates, strategies for Phase I thro III clinical development, biomarkers and companion diagnostics Specialties: * Clinical Research: Clinical development of oncology therapeutics, Patient selection, companion diagnostic development, mechanisms of drug response and resistance, combination therapeutic strategies * Discovery Research: Target identification to clinical candidate selection, assay development, screening and pharmacology * Pharmacodynamic markers, biomarkers and immunohistochemical markers development * Leading multidisciplinary project teams
Academic positions:
Director, Cancer Biology, Jubilant Biosys, Bangalore, India
Associate Director, Translational Oncology, Pfizer, San Diego, CA, USA
Principal Scientist, Oncology Discovery, CGI Pharma, Branford, CT, USA
Research interests:
* Clinical Research: Clinical development of oncology therapeutics, Patient selection, companion diagnostic development, mechanisms of drug response and resistance, combination therapeutic strategies
* Discovery Research: Target identification to clinical candidate selection, assay development, screening and pharmacology * Pharmacodynamic markers, biomarkers and immunohistochemical markers development
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