Raphael Nudelman PhD, ERT

Raphael Nudelman is an accomplished chemical toxicologist with more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He earned his PhD in organic chemistry from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and completed postdoctoral fellowships at the US Air Force Research Laboratory and Duke University Medical Center. During his two decades at Teva Pharmaceuticals, Raphy held a variety of positions, including roles in medicinal chemistry, patents, non-clinical safety, and ultimately served as the company’s Impurity Expert. His areas of expertise include the qualification of impurities and excipients in both drug substances and drug products, with a particular emphasis in recent years on the risk assessment of nitrosamine impurities. After retiring from Teva in September 2024, Raphy established Nudelman ChemTox Consulting, where he now offers consulting services to the pharmaceutical sector.