Anil Kane, Ph.D.

Sr. Director, Global Technical & Scientific Affairs Pharma Services
Toronto, Canada

Key roles and responsibilities

Lead global team of scientists and subject matter experts who work with clients to define and execute the best strategies to meet clients’ goals from development through commercial manufacturing
Set technical and scientific strategic direction for formulation and process development of new and existing molecules – both small molecules and biologics – in various dosage forms from early development through lifecycle management
Support business development and marketing teams by providing scientific support in new business development
Leverage talents of team and the breadth of technical expertise across Thermo Fisher to solve clients’ unique technical and scientific challenges in bioavailability, scalability, manufacturability, stability and other areas
Evaluate new technologies to expand the company’s ability to solve clients’ technical and scientific challenges, and improve the probability of success in meeting clients’ end goals

Joined Patheon, now Thermo Fisher Scientific, in 2000 and has more than twenty-five years of experience in pharmaceutical research and development across multiple disciplines
Before joining Thermo Fisher, led a team of fifty people as manager of formulation development for Novartis in Bombay, India and Basel, Switzerland
Member of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) and focus groups of AAPS, Pharmaceutical Scientists Group of Canada, and Canadian Pharmaceutical Scientists Association
Post-Doctoral research fellowship at the University of Cincinnati and part of the Indian Council of Medical Research fellowship
Four patents filed and/or pending
Author or co-author of multiple scientific articles and whitepapers, thought leadership contributor to various scientific, trade and peerreviewed journal articles
Frequent speaker and presenter at industry conferences worldwide

Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Bombay, India
Master of Business Administration from Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Post Doctoral research at the University of Cincinnati