Pallavi Nithyanandan, Ph.D., U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Career Highlights:

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Director for the Compendial Operations and Standards Staff, Office of Policy for Pharmaceutical Quality, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Staff Director; Branch Chief; Senior Chemist
• U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP): Research Scientist

Education:

• University of Maryland, Baltimore, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences
• University of Mumbai, B.Pharm.

A Few Favorite Professional Achievements:

• Manage CDER's interactions with pharmacopeia and Standards Development Organizations, Serves as one of CDER's authority on Compendial and Standards issues
• CDER Delegate to United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Generic Drug Reviewer (Chemistry)
• Research in Inhalation Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Formulation, Performance testing of Dosage Forms/Drug Delivery Systems