Abbass Kamalizad, Ph.D.

Vice President, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs

Dr. Abbass Kamalizad joined Pharmaron in September 2010 as the VP of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs. Prior to joining Pharmaron, Dr. Kamalizad was the president and founder of ACPC Group, a consulting organization helping pharmaceutical industries in drug development, quality Assurance, quality control, and regulatory affairs. His experiences span over 18 years in drug development, directing QC and R&D laboratories in support of submission. He was Sr. Scientist and Lab Director at AAI (now AAI Pharma), Sr. Director of Laboratory Services, IAL (now IPS), Laboratory Director at Anchen Pharmaceuticals. He taught and researched in universities for 15 years with research interest in chiral chemistry and chiral chromatography. He received a B.Sc. in chemistry from Tehran University and a Ph. D. in analytical chemistry from university of Massachusetts.