Dr. Rakesh Sahay

Vice President

About

VP – Peptide API, currently leading new product development of Peptide APIs within R&D, overseeing the entire process from innovation to commercialization across regulated and non-regulated markets. Responsible for managing new peptide development projects at the R&D stage, scale-up processes, and peptide production operations.Bringing over 35 years of extensive industrial experience in R&D, process research, and development of APIs and pharmaceutical intermediates. Successfully filed more than fifteen patents in the field.Formerly associated with leading pharmaceutical companies including Zydus Cadila, Bakul Pharma, Elder Pharmaceuticals, Cipla, PCI, and Armour Chemicals.Core strengths include research and development, process development and commercialization, custom synthesis, organic and synthetic peptides, peptide purification, API production, analytical method development, intellectual property rights (IPR), and Drug Master File (DMF) preparation.Accountable as a profit center head with additional responsibilities in business development for APIs and pharmaceutical intermediates.

Country

India

City

Bengaluru

Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Skill

Process Research, Process Improvement, Commercialization, Organic Synthesis, Research, R&D, Process Development, Cost Reduction, Technology Transfer, Product Development, Process Chemistry, Patents, Synthetic Chemistry, Chemistry, Process Validation, Contract Manufacturing, Intellectual Property, Custom Synthesis, DMF, HPLC

Experience

Vice President

Peptide API

2011-1 - Present · 15 yrs 9 mos

Bengaluru

Looking after development of new Peptide API at lab and further commercialization to regulated and non regulated market. Managing commercial production of new developed API. Responsible for routine bulk production and dispatch of APIs.

Sr.Gen.Manager Tech, and Head R&D

ARVEE SYNTTHESIS Pvt Ltd

2009-4 - 2010-12 · 1 yr 9 mos

Head R&D, and business Development. Responsible for all technical and R&D activities in company.

Sr.Manager R&D API Reserach

Zydus Group

2007 - 2009 · 2 yrs

Looking after development of new product. Responsible for filing of DMF on new API. Actively involved in cost reduction and of existing API.

Chief Scientific Officer

Bakul Pharma

2000-4 - 2006 · 5 yrs

Mumbai Area, India

Looking after development of new products API and intermediate and commercialization. Involve customs synthesis. Responsible for new business development and profitability of organisation through new product and technology.