Valdas Jurkauskas PhD

Valdas Jurkauskas, PhD, is the Senior Director of Pharmaceutical Development, Manufacturing and Quality at Corbus Pharmaceuticals, where he is responsible for all CMC activities and supply chain. Dr. Jurkauskas’ expertise is in process development, drug substance and drug product manufacturing, commercial process validation, and regulatory filings. Prior to joining Corbus, Dr. Jurkauskas led Technical Operations at STA Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., a WuXi AppTec Company, and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Process Development at Cubist Pharmaceuticals, which was acquired by Merck & Co., Inc.. He was a member of Chemical Development at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Jurkauskas earned his PhD degree in Organic Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the guidance of Professor Stephen L. Buchwald and his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at the University of Toronto.