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Mahesh Inamke

Dombivali

Summary

  • Regulatory: Responsibility for CMC section of the drug product in developing regulatory assessments and strategies in support of new product initiatives and product lines for NDA, ANDA, and ANADA's,. Identification and implementation of corrective regulatory measures and partners with team members to execute wherever necessary. Responsible for leading cross-functional teams to cover critical regulatory topics related to the CMC section of the drug product. Evaluation of results of studies and other tests. Evaluates regulatory impact of product changes. Review Product labeling and batch records. Preparation of Technical files including product development reports and Quality Overall Summary . Responsible for achieving project goals, milestones and labeling from development to product life cycle.
  • CMC: Development and Validation of Analytical Methods for Drug Substances, Pharmaceutical Excipients and Drug Products [Injections, pastes, chewable, suspensions,, ointments, capsules, Tablets (Immediate, Extended Release and controlled release (having Bilayer and multilayer coatings), Tablet in Tablet and Tablet in Capsule & Capsules] for Related Substances, Dissolutions, Assay, Residual Solvents, cleaning Validation, USP equivalency studies and development of USP Alternative methods. Supporting analysis of Stability samples and trending Stability data for Drug Products containing single active, combination of two actives and three actives in the drug product
  • involved in Quality documentation and review of OOS, OOT's, Investigations, incident reports and CAPA for laboratory related issues.
  • Risk assessment studies including Elemental , Residual and Nitrosamine risk assessments(NDSRI's)

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Team Lead(Sr.Manager)Analytical Development

THINQ Pharma CRO
05.2023 - Current

Planning of Analytical Drug Product Developments per QBD (Analytical Method Development and Compatibility Studies), Specifications, Impurity Profiling, Analytical Method Validations [(Assay, Related Substances, Residual Solvents, Dissolutions (immediate and extended release)], Stability Support to R&D batches. Method Transfer and Technical Support to Quality Control. API & Excipient Test Verifications. Support to Quality Control for Submission Batches NDA & ANDA Submission documentation and CMC Deficiency Response Support to Regulatory. Responsibility for CMC section of the drug product in developing regulatory assessments and strategies in support of new product initiatives and product lines for NDA, ANDA, and ANADA's. preparation of PDR sections of the Drug Product. Leading the analytical R&D team (developing, training and mentoring). Managing CMO's/CRO's for projects. Planning budget and resources for laboratory/projects including annual instrumentation maintenance and calibration contracts (creating work orders, service agreements and confidential agreements). Preparation of protocols and reports for the qualification of new instruments with establishing the laboratory SOP's.

Manager, Analytical Research & Development

Indoco Remedies LTD
06.2022 - 05.2023

CMC Deficiency Response Support to Regulatory. Responsibility for CMC section of the drug product in developing regulatory assessments and strategies in support of new product initiatives for ANDA. Preparation of PDR sections of the Drug Product. Development and Validation of Analytical Methods, Prepare SOP's, STP's and conduct OOT's & OOS investigations. Provide technical assistance to Quality Control and Regulatory. Supporting ongoing routine and In-process Product development formulation samples throughout their developmental to the final stages as per QBD requirements.

Manager

Umedica Laboratories Ltd
12.2021 - 06.2022

Development and Validation of Analytical Methods, Prepare SOP's, STP's and conduct OOT's & OOS investigations. Technical assistance to Quality Control and Regulatory. Supporting ongoing routine and In-process Product development formulation samples throughout their developmental to the final stages as per QBD requirements.

Lead the team for planning and execution of analytical method
development and validation activity.

Development of solubility studies and In-vitro dissolution
methods to evaluate the comparative dissolution profiles.
Evaluate the QBD strategies and DOE strategies to assess the
future risk assessments of product.
Support the plant team for the root cause findings to OOS and
OOT.
Conduct the stability studied for the formulation development
and provide the compilations to formulation development for
further formulation development.
Risk assessment evaluations based on current regulatory
requirements like nitrosamine impurity estimations.
Communication with the CFT's for development strategies.
Ensure the cGMP and strict GDP practices in the laboratory to
achieve compliance in workplace.
Training to the juniors for development and documentation
practices
Responses to the CRL OR IR received from the regulatory
agencies.

Assistant Manager

Alkem Laboratories Ltd
08.2009 - 12.2021

Preparing, executing, monitoring and presenting analytical method development strategy of the projects handled.
Communicating status, progress, and challenges during analytical method development, internally and externally in written and verbal formats.
Planning and execution of analytical activities and Review of routine and stability data.
To co-ordinate within the groups for method development, troubleshooting related to new as well as exiting products and validation of analytical methods.
Planning and execution of analytical instruments calibration and Review of the same.

Research Executive.

Kopran Pharmaceutical Ltd
08.2008 - 08.2009

Analytical method development and validation.
Preformulation studies, solubility studies as per BCS guidelines and Forced degradation studies, cleaning method validation for Finished Product.
Analysis of routine samples and stability samples.
Calibration of analytical instruments.
Handled HPLC, UPLC, IC, IR, UV. VISI Spectrophotometer, Dissolution Tester (Type I, II, IV, VII), Malvern Particle size Analyser, KF titrator, Disintegration test Apparatus, Hardness Tester, Viscometer, pH meter, Particulate Matter Etc.

Isolation and characterization of impurities

Research Associate

Alkem Laboratories
08.2006 - 08.2008

Development and Validation of analytical methods (assay, impurities and residual solvents etc., ) for testing API and Finished Products using Analytical Techniques

Performing chemical analysis, dissolution studies, and Assay and Related substances of routine samples.
Daily lab monitoring including calibration of the pH meter and analytical balance.
Assisted in the method development.

Education

Master of Science - Chemistry

Mumbai University
Mumbai, India
05.2006

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

Mumbai University
05.2004

Skills

  • Regulatory submissions (technical registration documentation preparation, labeling, Preparation of responses to the agency)
  • FDA inquiries
  • OOS, CAPA, investigations and incident reports
  • Preparation of contracts, service agreements and confidential disclosure agreements
  • Creation of SOP's and testing procedures per ICH and FDA guidelines for manufacturing and lab operations
  • Supplier qualifications
  • Developing analytical methods and Validation of Drug Substances and Drug Product for a variety of formulations (Injections, , tablets immediate and extended release, ointments, suspensions, Semi-solids etc including method transfers and coordination with CMO's
  • Team Development
  • Performance Evaluations
  • Analytical Thinking
  • preparation of qualification and calibration documentation for instrument ongoing maintenance
  • Software knowledge: MS Word (creating word documents/procedures), excel (including validation of excel for calculations and quality control usage) and power point for presentations
  • Budget preparation for projects and lab
  • Cost Control
  • Cross-Functional Teamwork

Professional Honors

Directly Involved in the USFDA inspections of the Facility  (together with the Head Quality Control) at Alkem Laboratories Ltd. and passed the inspections successfully.

Skills

 HPLC (waters, Agilent and Shimadzu), UPLC (waters HPLC-H class), Labindia , Electrolab , and Distek Dissolutions, Difusion Cell (FDC) , Rheometer ( Anton Paar) , Malvern and Horiba Particle Size analyzers, UV-VIS, IR, DSC, Bulk density apparatus, Karl fisher etc.,

Timeline

Team Lead(Sr.Manager)Analytical Development

THINQ Pharma CRO
05.2023 - Current

Manager, Analytical Research & Development

Indoco Remedies LTD
06.2022 - 05.2023

Manager

Umedica Laboratories Ltd
12.2021 - 06.2022

Assistant Manager

Alkem Laboratories Ltd
08.2009 - 12.2021

Research Executive.

Kopran Pharmaceutical Ltd
08.2008 - 08.2009

Research Associate

Alkem Laboratories
08.2006 - 08.2008

Master of Science - Chemistry

Mumbai University

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

Mumbai University
Mahesh Inamke