Bhaswat Chakraborty, Senior VP & Chair, Research and Development Core Committee, Cadila

Bhaswat Chakraborty

Senior VP & Chair, Research and Development Core Committee

Cadila

Sarkhej-Dholka Road, Bhat, Ahmedabad-382 210, India.

http://cadilapharma.com/

Dr. Bhaswat S. Chakraborty graduated with a B.Pharm. (Hons.) from Banaras Hindu University and a PhD in Clinical Pharmacology from University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Following his post doctoral fellowship and a brief spell of teaching at University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, Dr. Chakraborty joined the Health Protection Branch, Ministry of Health, Government of Canada (Canadian FDA) in Ottawa and served as a Senior Clinical Reviewer and Acting Department Head of the Biopharmaceutics Evaluation Division. In this role, he has evaluated more than 300 ANDAs and 20 NDAs.

Thereafter, he was the Director of Biopharmaceutics at Biovail Corporation International, Toronto. Till date, he has designed and investigated ~810 BE/Phase I and 78 higher Phase Clinical Studies for the FDA, TPP, EU and other Agencies.

Recipient of many prestigious research grants, Dr. Chakraborty is currently the Senior Vice President and Chairman of Research & Development Science Core Committee at Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Ahmedabad. He is also an author and co-author of more than 110 scientific papers and abstracts in refereed international journals.

An eminent speaker, Dr. Chakraborty is an Honorary Professor and External Examiner to a few universities; editorial board member of three international journals; reviewer of many professional journal manuscripts, and also on the board of several Institutes and Universities in India and USA in various capacities. He has supervised 24 Masters and 5 PhD students. He is also the current Chair of Pharma & Healthcare Panel of Confederation of Indian Industries, Gujarat.