Biography

Padmanabh P. Bhatt, Ph.D, has served as our Senior Vice President of Intellectual Property and Chief Scientific Officer since March 2012. Prior to that, he  served as our Vice President of Pharmaceutical Sciences beginning in 2005. From 2003 to 2005, Dr. Bhatt was Vice President of Advanced Drug Delivery at Shire Laboratories, Inc. From 2001 to 2003, Dr. Bhatt served as Vice President of Research and Development and Chief Technology Officer at Point Biomedical Corporation. From 1996 to 2001, he served at ALZA (now a Johnson & Johnson company) in various positions, from Product Development Manager to Director of Technical Development. Prior to that time, Dr. Bhatt held positions as Research Specialist and Group Leader of Novel Drug Delivery at Dow Corning Corporation (from 1992 to 1996) and Senior Scientist at Hercon Laboratories (from 1989 to 1992).

Dr. Bhatt earned his B.Pharm and M.Pharm degrees from the University of Bombay, India. He also holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Kansas.