Sanjeev Kothari BPharm, PhD

Sanjeev Kothari has over 20 years of industry experience in formulation, process development and manufacturing of small molecule pharmaceuticals. He's currently the Functional Head of Pharmaceutical SCiences at Ardelyx with responsibilities from discovery support through commercialization of drug products, management of activities at CMOs, and in-house scientific staff. He's demonstrated leadership of CMC teams taking projects from Phase 1 through validation/ commercialization of oral and injectable formulations. Prior to joining Ardelyx, Sanjeev led cross-functional CMC teams at BMS and Genentech/Roche, supporting evaluation of continuous manufacturing.