AS Narang
Senior Research Investigator
Drug Product Science & Technology
Bristol-Myers Squibb
USA
Ajit Narang works for the Drug Product Science & Technology Department of Bristol-Myers Squibb, Co. (BMS) in New Brunswick, NJ in the development of oral solid dosage forms. He also serves as Adjunct Faculty at the Universities of Tennessee and Phoenix; Industrial Advisory Board member of Western Michigan University; and Editor of Journal of Applied Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics and BioMed Research International. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee in Memphis and holds over 12 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in the development of oral dosage forms and drug delivery platforms working for BMS, Ranabxy, and Wockhardt in different capacities. He has published over 40 peer reviewed articles; 2 books; 5 patent applications; 40 poster presentations and 8 podium presentations at various scientific meetings; and has contributed to the development of several marketed drug products.
His current research interests include innovations in dosage form development and drug delivery technologies that enable pharmaceutical development of challenging molecules to resolve stability, manufacturability, and bioavailability issues.