Abizer Harianawala BS, MS, PhD

Abizer Harianawala is currently a Senior Director of Product Development and Technical Operations at Taris Biomedical in Lexington, MA. His expertise is in developing oral and controlled release parenteral products, formulation and process optimization using quality by design, scale-up, validation, achieving organizational excellence, and building high performance CMC teams. Abizer has played a key role in development of eight commercial products that are sold in global markets. He is a recipient of several patents for solving complex formulation and manufacturing challenges. He received his BS and MS degrees in Pharmacy from Gujarat University, India and his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from University of Connecticut. He has 20 plus years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to joining Taris, Abizer worked with Ariad, Zalicus, Genzyme and Bristol-Myers Squibb.