Dr. Vijay Kumar Raina
President, Clinical Operations
- Dr. Vijay Kumar Raina is presently working as President & Head of BABE Operations in Aizant Hyderabad. He brings to the table a dynamic professional and cross-culture experience of over 30 years in scientific leadership and operational level roles in Clinical Bioanalytical and Analytical Research domains
- Dr. Raina has previously worked in renowned organizations like Nektar Therapeutics (USA) Hyderabad, Sun Pharma Advanced Research Centre Baroda, and Malti-Chem Research Centre Baroda
- Dr. Raina is highly skilled in the development of bioanalytical assays for complex small molecules and large molecules. In his pursuit to establish a high throughput lab to support drug discovery research, he set up the Dry Blood Spot (DBS) techniques and end-to-end digital solutions of lab processes using the LIMS platform
- In his capacity as Study Director and Principal Investigator in IND BABE and NDA studies, he conducted several first-of-its-kind BABE studies with complex dosage forms, inhalation studies, dermal studies, and clinical development studies with an effective outcome
- Dr. Raina is highly committed to ethical business practices and quality aspects of GCP and GLP. He is also well known in the pharmaceutical fraternity for his scientific and professional accomplishments. For more than one decade, he has been associated with Applied Pharmaceutical Analysis (APA-India) of The Boston Society®, dedicated to focused scientific ideas through workshops and conferences