Dr. Rajeshwar Motheram, PhD

Head of Drug Product Development at rajeshwar@comanchebiopharma.com

Speaker

Dr. Motheram is presently Global Head of Drug Product Development at Comanche Biopharma located in Concord, Massachusetts. He previously held research and management positions at Scynexis Inc., The Medicines Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb, DuPont Pharmaceuticals and Baxter International. He received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from the University of Sciences, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Master of Science in Pharmaceutics, from the University of Mississippi; and Bachelor of Pharmacy from Kakatiya University, India. Dr. Motheram has over 28 years of diversified professional experience in pharmaceutical R&D in various aspects of pharmaceutical development ranging from development of early phase clinical products to commercial dosage forms, scale-up and technology transfer. Dr. Motheram has extensive CMC expertise in both small and large molecules leading to the development of several commercial products in a range of therapeutic areas including HIV, Oncology, Cardiovascular, Anti-infective and Critical Care medicine. Dr. Motheram’s Ph.D. dissertation work involved characterizing the adsorption of proteins at solid/liquid interfaces and the structural changes of adsorbed proteins. His research interests include design, development, and optimization of oral and parenteral dosage formulations, and designing novel drug delivery systems for small molecules as well as biologics. Dr. Motheram is a co-inventor on patents concerning novel pharmaceutical compositions and co-authored manuscripts published in peer reviewed journals.