Tony Cundell MSc, PhD

Dr. Tony Cundell consults with a number of pharmaceutical, consumer health and dietary supplement companies, microbiology instrument manufacturers, contract testing laboratories and sterile compounding pharmacies in the areas of microbial risk assessment, regulatory affairs, and microbiological testing. Prior to November 2013 he worked for Merck Research Laboratories in Summit, New Jersey, as the Senior Principal Scientist in early phase drug development.

Earlier in his career, Tony Cundell worked at a director level in Quality Control and Product Development organizations at the New York Blood Center, Lederle Laboratories, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Schering-Plough. He is a member of the 2015-2020 U.S.P. Microbiology Committee of Experts where he takes a leadership role in the area of modern microbiology methods, co-chairing the USP Expert Panel that published a stimuli article in the Sept-Oct. 2017 Pharmacopeial Forum entitled The Development of Compendial Rapid Sterility Tests.