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Venu Reddy M

SPRING CITY,PA

Summary

  • Seeking challenging assignments in the field of R&D wherein can contribute towards development of Innovative or Technologically Advanced processes for scale-up and manufacture of APIs, advanced Intermediates, new or improved Chemical Entities of commercial Importance.
  • Hardworking Assistant Director knowledgeable about business practices in pharmaceutical industry.
  • Adept at supporting and enhancing operations with a decisive leadership style and strategic approach to decision making.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Principle Scientist

PharmaBlock Sciences
03.2022 - Current
  • Working for PharmaBlock since march 1st 2022, as Associate principal scientist in CDMO-Process Research department.
  • Responsible for managing process FTE projects for US clients, route scouting, process optimization to support discovery process and GLP and GMP manufacturing.
  • Route scouting and Process development of several intermediates and building blocks for leading drug products from lab to to pilot plant scale.
  • Leading team of 5 chemists to assist daily work, monitor projects progress and trouble scouting.
  • Management of Process FTE projects by communicating with clients, through emails, weekly updates and presentations.

Assistant Director of Process Reasearch

PharmaBlock Sciences Nanjing
02.2019 - 02.2022

vWorking for Pharmablock since 13th February 2019, as Assistant Director in
CDMO-Process Research department.
Responsible for managing process FTE projects for US clients, route scouting, process
optimization to support GMP manufacturing.
Leading team of 5 chemists to assist daily work, monitor projects progress and trouble
scouting.
Management of Process FTE projects by communicating with clients, through emails,
weekly updates and presentations.

Technical Team Lead

Zhejiang Menovo Pharma Limited
02.2017 - 01.2019
  • Successfully Completed DMF Filling of Valsartan for CFDA, which includes process development & optimization, parameter study, impurity profiling, spiking studies.
  • Responsible for product development from grass root level to manufacturing site, dealt with DOE (Orthogonal Experimental Design) to improve the process of the selected route in development stage.
  • Responsible for daily work assignments for team (Team size-3 chemists), work proposal and plan, trouble shootings, preparation of Technology Development package (TDP) and Genotoxic impurity (GTI) evaluation reports.

Chief Scientist

BSAZ Biotech
05.2015 - 01.2017
  • Successfully completed process optimization of API molecules Suvorexant, Dasabuvir and their intermediates.
  • Established the simple and efficient purification technique for the critical API,Dasabuvir in final stage with Purity >99.8A%.
  • Responsible for daily work assignments for team (Team size- 3 chemists).
  • Team discussions, trouble shootings, Data analysis, Process development reports and weekly updates.

Sr. Research Associate

Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd
03.2011 - 04.2015
  • Successfully completed Process Development (Route feasibility & optimization, lab and kilo lab validation of API molecules Darifenacin.HBr.
  • Worked on troubleshooting of OOS issues during stability study of Esomeprazole Magnesium Dihydrate and Trihydrate.
  • Responsible for preparation of weekly and monthly updates.
  • Achieved project objectives by troubleshooting experiments and testing practical and creative solutions. Collaborated with leadership team to identify relevant questions and determine best methods of collection.

Research Associate

SAI Advantium Pharma Ltd,
04.2008 - 02.2011
  • Completed Process Development of API molecules like Deoxycholic Acid from lab scale to kg scale in manufacturing site.
  • Process research and scale-up to multi hundred-gram scale of Latanoprost and got appreciation from supervisor.
  • Responsible for literature search and analytical data integration.
  • Gathered, arranged and corrected research data to create representative graphs & charts highlighting results for presentations.
  • Validated incoming data to check information accuracy and integrity while independently locating and correcting concerns.

Research Chemist

AVRA Laboratories PVT Ltd
06.2005 - 03.2008
  • Exposed to process optimization of several key API intermediates and custom synthesis molecules.
  • Completed several Med chem projects on small scale for customers like Pfizer, Merck, Roche.
  • Planned and conducted research experiments in lab during this period.
  • Evaluated lab findings to make interpretations and write reports.

Education

Ph.D. - Bio Material Chemistry

VIT University
Vellore, Tamilnadu, India
10.2019

Master of Science - Medicinal Chemistry

Sri Venkateswara University
Tirupati, India
09.2005

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics

Andhra Loyola College
Vijayawada, India
05.2003

Skills

  • Sound knowledge of NMR, LCMS and HPLC techiniques
  • Proficient in literature search using Reaxys and SciFinder
  • Good knowledge over usage of MS-Office
  • Good knowledge of using of GTI evaluation softwares, Vega and Toxtree

Accomplishments

  • Successfully developed pre clinical candidates for leading pharmaceutical companies in the USA supporting their discover process R&D operations

Timeline

Associate Principle Scientist

PharmaBlock Sciences
03.2022 - Current

Assistant Director of Process Reasearch

PharmaBlock Sciences Nanjing
02.2019 - 02.2022

Technical Team Lead

Zhejiang Menovo Pharma Limited
02.2017 - 01.2019

Chief Scientist

BSAZ Biotech
05.2015 - 01.2017

Sr. Research Associate

Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd
03.2011 - 04.2015

Research Associate

SAI Advantium Pharma Ltd,
04.2008 - 02.2011

Research Chemist

AVRA Laboratories PVT Ltd
06.2005 - 03.2008

Ph.D. - Bio Material Chemistry

VIT University

Master of Science - Medicinal Chemistry

Sri Venkateswara University

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics

Andhra Loyola College

Academic accomplishments

  • Published two international peer reviewed articles in well known publishers like Taylor&Francis and Springer.
    1.Reddy, M. V., and Pathak, M. (2018),‘Sol-Gel combustion synthesis of Ag doped CaSiO3: in vitro bioactivity,antibacterial activity and cytocompatibility studies for biomedical applications', Materials Technology, 33(1), 38-47.
    2.Reddy, M. V, and Pathak, M, (2018), ‘In Vitro Biological Evaluations of Zn Doped CaSiO3 Synthesized by Sol–Gel Combustion Technique', Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, 28(6):2187-2195.