David P. Elder BSc, MSc, PhD

Dr Elder studied chemistry at Newcastle upon Tyne, before moving to Edinburgh to study for a PhD in Crystallography. He is a visiting professor. Dr Elder has 38-years experience at a variety of different pharmaceutical companies. He is currently a director within the product development group in GSK R&D.

Dr Elder is a member of the British Pharmacapoeia, a council member of the Analytical Division, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK and the chairman of the Joint Pharmaceutical Analysis Group, UK. He is a fellow of the RSC and a member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

He has presented regularly on drug development and drug delivery. He has nearly 80 publications and given over 100 external presentations at scientific symposia. He has co-edited one book on the Analytical Characterisation and Separation of Oligonucleotides and their Impurities and is compiling a second on the ICH Quality Guidelines.