Vaibhav Deokar

Principal Scientist, Formulation Development at Lupin Limited

Mr. Vaibhav Deokar is Principal Scientist at R&D, Lupin Limited (Biotech Division), India. He has pursued M.Tech (Bioprocess Technology) from Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai and is pursuing PhD under the Lupin’s ASCENT PhD programme. He has authored research articles in peer reviewed journals and is key contributor to 6 formulation patents for biopharmaceuticals. He has 13+ years of experience in developing formulations, devices and technology transfer operations for fill-finish process of complex biopharmaceuticals like peptides, fusion proteins, monoclonal antibodies at drug product manufacturing sites. He has special interests in new product development, product differentiation and enhancement strategies and has provided new differentiation strategies for couple of products in pipeline.