Dr. Umesh Banakar
Prof. & President, Banakar Consulting Services, USA
Dr. Banakar is Professor of Pharmaceutics and an Independent Consultant/Advisor to Pharmaceutical Industry and Academia worldwide with extensive contribution in drug product development and evaluation (in vitro and clinical).
He is on the International Scientific Advisory Board of several pharmaceutical corporations worldwide. Of date, he has successfully completed several Pharmaceutical Product Development Technology Transfer through education assignments sponsored by the UN/IESC and other pharmaceutical corporations worldwide. Additionally, he has planned and executed the development, both in vitro and clinical, of several NDAs [including 505(b)(2)] and ANDAs (both IR and MR products). Furthermore, he has served as testifying/non-testifying expert in over 50 patent litigations in the disciplines of pharmaceutical formulations/technology, clinical investigations and dissolution testing. He is the Founding Chairperson of 2 International CROs and has executed over 400 clinical trials (Phase I-IV including BE studies). Additionally, he is the founding Board Member and Principal Scientific Adviser of Society for Pharmaceutical Dissolution Science [SPDS].
He has authored over 100 publications, over 100 published abstracts and presentations, numerous specialized workshop manuals, several chapters and monographs, over 45 expert book reviews and 5 guest editorials. The texts that he has authored include: Pharmaceutical Dissolution Testing, Drug Development Process: Increasing efficiency and cost effectiveness, and co-edited include: NanoBioMedicine (6 volume; 91 chapters series), Desk Book of Pharmaceutical Dissolution Science and Applications, among others. He is the co-author of an electronic text: Basic Pharmacokinetics. He is on the roster of experts with WHO, United Nations – TOKTEN program and International Executive Service Corps (IESC). He is listed in Who’s Who in Biotechnology, Who’s Who Among Asian Americans, and American Men and Women of Science. He has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching, research/scholarly activity, two Service to Country Awards from the UN and nomination for the distinguished Fulbright Scholar Award for Teaching. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief and on Editorial Boards of several scientific journals.
