Fouad Atouf

Vice President, Science—Global Biologics at US Pharmacopeia

Speaker

Fouad Atouf, Ph.D., is Senior Vice President, and Head of the Biologics Program at the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) where he oversees standards development, stakeholder engagement and industry collaborations, with a goal to support ensuring the quality and safety of biological medicines. Dr. Atouf has been at USP for over 15 years and served in multiple leadership roles developing quality standards for biologics and establishing relevant reference material programs. In addition to leading the work on compendial standards, Dr. Atouf launched and implemented the biologics strategy focusing the implementation of technologies and standardization to support manufacturing and testing biological medicines. He has implemented new engagement models and collaboration approaches with academia, biopharma industry, and global government agencies. Dr. Atouf has a strong background in the regulations and standards for pharmaceutical products including biologics, and advanced therapies. Dr. Atouf is the author of numerous publications and is a frequent speaker at national and international pharmaceutical and regulatory scientific events. He holds a Ph.D. in Cell Biology from the Pierre & Marie Curie University, Paris, France