Location Cary, North Carolina, United States Regions Research Triangle, East Coast, Southern US Gender Male
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Niraj Vasisht, Ph.D. has been our Senior Vice President of Product Development and Chief Technical Officer since October 2008.
He joined the company in February 2005 as the Vice President of Product Development.
Dr. Vasisht heads the chemistry, manufacturing and control operations for BDSI pipeline products. He directs and oversees the
product design, formulation development, quality control, process engineering, validation and stability testing of the drug product and CTM and commercial manufacturing operations at our vendor sites worldwide.
In addition, he is responsible for creation of relevant intellectual property, provides risk assessment for the development program, and provides technical and strategic leadership to the business development function.
He evaluates technical suitability of drug delivery platforms and candidate molecules suitable for the technology.
Dr. Vasisht serves as BDSI's pharmaceutical development representative for FDA interactions for NDA and MAA filings.
Dr. Vasisht is known worldwide for his expertise in microencapsulation based controlled release and drug delivery technologies.
From 1994 to 2005, Dr. Vasisht held positions of increasing responsibility at Southwest Research Institute where he ultimately served as the Director of Microencapsulation, Pharmaceutical Development and Nanomaterials and was responsible for leading the group that provides research and development and product development services to pharmaceutical, consumer health, and nutraceutical companies.
Dr. Vasisht is the inventor/co-inventor on multiple patents in drug delivery.
Dr. Vasisht received a BTech degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, a Master’s of Science from the University of New Hampshire and a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
