Kashappa Goud Desai BS, MS, PhD

Dr. Kashappa Goud Desai is working in the Department of Biopharmaceutical Product Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia. He has over 10 years of academic and industrial experience. At GSK, Dr. Desai has led and contributed significantly to the Japan New Drug Application-specific bracketing strategies for biopharmaceutical drug products. He earned his BS and MS degrees in Pharmacy, respectively, from Karnatak University and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India. Dr. Desai earned his PhD degree in 2005 from Korea University, Republic of Korea.

Dr. Desai is a recipient of numerous awards, which include an ‘Outstanding Consumer and Diversified Products Paper Award’ from the Controlled Release Society, an ‘Outstanding PhD Student Award’ from National Research Foundation of Korea, and numerous ‘GSK Employee Recognition Awards’ for his creative contributions. He has published over 40 articles in peer-reviewed international journals, authored one book and book chapter, and presented extensively at numerous conferences. Dr. Desai is an inventor of three international/US patent applications. He is serving as an editorial board member of The Scientific World Journal (Biotechnology Section) and reviewer for several international journals.