Vivek Halan
Thermyt Novobiologics Pvt. Ltd., India
Biography
Vivek Halan has a Postgraduate degree in Biotechnology from Bharathidasan University in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. He was awarded Gold Medal for securing highest aggregates in MSc Biotechnology. He has more than eleven years of research experience in downstream process development of various products in oncology, diabetes, osteoporosis, metabolic disorder, inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis and liver associated diseases. He has worked for various companies such as Magene Life sciences Pvt. Ltd., Avesthagen Ltd., and Syngene International Pvt. Ltd., where he was involved in downstream processing of various biologics, biosimilars, innovators and few other proteins such as Kinases, CD molecules as a target. He has received few R&D Star Awards for his contribution in developing various products during his tenure at Syngene. Moreover, he was also involved in recombinant protein expression in bacterial cells, monoclonal antibodies expression in mammalian cells lines in laboratory scale. He has been involved in technology transfer for various biosimilars and innovator and few molecules are in different stages of clinical trials. Currently, he is heading Downstream Process Development Department at Theramyt Novobiologics Pvt. Ltd.
Abstract
Abstract : Biosimilars development: Overview