Pharmacometrician and Clinical Pharmacologist
Astellas Pharma Global Development, Northbrook, IL
Dr. Amit Desai is Director of Clinical Pharmacology at Astellas Pharma, Northbrook. IL, which he joined in 2009. He obtained his Ph.D. from University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA with focus on population pharmacokinetic model development and model validation/quantification. At Astellas, Dr. Desai has worked on numerous projects in various therapeutic areas, both as a modeling and simulation scientist and as clinical pharmacology lead. Dr. Desai is really passionate about his work in field of infectious disease, where his areas of special interest and research are antimicrobial pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling and antimicrobial drug development. He is also actively involved with consortiums that are developing drugs for neglected tropical disease. Before joining Astellas Pharma, he worked with Abbott Laboratories in clinical pharmacology, modeling and simulation group. He has a Ph.D. in pharmaceutical and chemical sciences from University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA.