Bharti Patel MRSC Director, Chemical Development, Pharmaceutical Technology & Development, Operations
My name is Bharti Patel and I am a Director in Chemical Development at our Macclesfield site, leading a team of multiskilled scientists (including chemists, analysts, chemical engineers and crystallisation experts) to outsource various technical activities to support the development manufacture drug substance. For the majority of my career (20 years), I worked as a Senior Scientist in Process Chemistry, this involved doing laboratory work, to develop well understood processes that were suitable for scale-up and delivering multikilogram quantities of drug substance. I am passionate about creating an inclusive and diverse organisation at AZ and sit on multiple I&D teams across the business. I am leading the RSC Broadening Horizons program and feeling very positive about a diverse and inclusive future for AZ.
Outside of work, I enjoy the gym and cooking Indian food.
Dr Sunil Sarda ARCs MRSC Associate Principle Scientist, Compound Synthesis and Management, Discovery Sciences, R&D I first encountered Mass Spectrometry during my BSc and doctoral training at Imperial College London, and since then have been working with this analytical platform in academic and pharmaceutical research for 30 years. I have used the technique to elucidate structures of unknown metabolites, reveal metabolic and toxic pathways for medicines and more recently to provide quality oversight of compounds for screening portfolios. This expertise has enabled me to practise across multiple therapeutic areas, and realised opportunities across diverse pharmaceutical disciplines from drug discovery, translational and clinical sciences. During this time, I have provided scientific and technical leadership across groups and international boundaries, collaborating and connecting people and technologies. These activities have included supervision and mentoring of colleagues and has since developed into a deeper interest in understanding personal challenges and providing support by becoming a mental health first aider, listening ear, employee representative and also an RSC Broadening Horizons mentor.
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