PRASAD UPPALAPATI
Prasad is currently the Senior Vice President and Head ,Cranbury manufacturing site, NJ, USA for Eywa Pharma Inc., USA.
He has over 30 years of experience in varied functions such as production, formulation development, scale up and technology transfer, validation and process optimization, contract manufacturing , project conceptualization and justification and management of pharmaceutical operations. He has commissioned manufacturing facilities and has successfully led his team in achieving the installed capacity utilization within one year of commercialization of the plant. He has successfully faced multiple audits by various regulatory agencies including US FDA, MHRA UK and various other agencies.
Prior to Eywa, Prasad has worked for companies like Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc., Novel Laboratories Inc., Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. and has handled various dosage forms including Oral Solids, Oral Liquids, Topical solutions, Topical Ointments, Creams and Nasal sprays.
Prasad earned his MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Nagpur University in India.