Good command over handling F&D lab-scale instruments and equipment like
Tablet coating machine
RMG
Fluidized bed processor
Blender
Sieve shaker
Double rotary compression machine
Co-mill
Multi-mill
Roller compactor
Hardness tester
Tap density apparatus
Disintegration apparatus
Friabilator
Digital moisture balance
Spray dryer
Manual capsule-filling machine
Dissolution test apparatus
JOB PROFILE
Served as an Assistant Research Scientist in Formulation and Development.
Conducting literature and patent searches, Innovator characterization, Pre-formulation studies, Evaluation of excipients and manufacturing process to support the development of new products.
Responsible for developing new products and redeveloping existing formulations.
Preparation of trial batch cards and it’s execution in F&D Lab
Proficient in preparing essential documents, including Master Formula Records (MFR), Master Packaging Records (MPR), Product Development Reports (PDR), Technology transfer documents, SOP revision and Update.
Troubleshoot issues related to product formulations.
Experienced in applying Quality by Design (QbD) and Design of Experiments (DOE) for pilot batch development.
PROJECT HANDLED
Worked on IR and XR tablets, capsules & effervescent products in OSD area.
Experience with functional coating processes, techniques, and materials
Worked on projects of anticancer APls, antidiabetic agents, antipsychotic and antihypertensive drugs consisting various BCS classes.
Bio equivalence Study of antidiabetic drug
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
1st Rank in Poster Presentation event of “Avalanche 23 – The National Level Pharma-Techfest” organized by Ramanbhai Patel College of Pharmacy on 23rd - 24th March 2023.
1st Prize in Pharma Model, organized by GTU-Central Techfest- 2022.
3rd Prize in Dare to sell (9th Pharma vision, 2019) National seminar organized by Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad.
Actively participated as a MAKER in Maker Fest Vadodara held on 28th – 29thJanuary 2023.
Successfully Completed PATENT PRACTICES IN RESEARCH (A unique and self-paced course for research fraternity) in association with Patent Information Centre Gujarat Council on Science and Technology, Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of Gujarat.
Successfully Completed NPTEL Course on “Introduction to research” conducted by IIT Madras, funded by Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.
DECLARATION
I solemnly declare that all the above information is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
Scientific data retrieval from portals like Science direct, Pubmed, Google scholar
Reference management tool
Patent Search: Patseer, Google patent
ICH and various USFDA databases including orange book, DailyMed, Dissolution methods Database, Drugs@FDA
PATENT & PUBLICATIONS
Patent:
Amorphous dispersion and oral pH independent extended-release dosage forms of Paliperidone
Publications:
Application of Mathematical Models in Drug Release Kinetics of Cynocobalamine Fast Dissolving Sublingual Film (Asian Journal of Medicine and Health)
Sol_Me: Unleashing the Power of Machine Learning for Enhanced Lipid-Based Formulation Design and Predicting Drug Solubility in Oil and Surfactant (Elsevier)
Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Drug Solubility in Lipidic Environments: The Sol_ME Tool for Optimizing Lipid-Based Formulations with a Preliminary Apalutamide Case Study
(AAPS PharmSciTech)
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