Dr. Soni has extensive global research experience in the area of drug discovery in major pharmaceutical organizations companies including Daiichi Sankyo Tokyo, Daiichi Sankyo India and Ranbaxy Research laboratories. At Daiichi Ajay designed and synthesized several compounds that went into early development. He also led the optimization and development of three clinical candidates. His expertise includes synthesis of complex and diverse chemical scaffolds such as carbohydrates, benzoxaboroles, macrolides, peptidomimetics etc. from milligram to kilogram scales to obtain finished product per ICH guidelines. He has a strong understanding of drug design parameters (both physicochemical as well as pharmacological and toxicological) and in in vivo PK-PD. He is well versed in toxicology analysis in the area of anti-infectives, anti-inflammation and cardiovascular diseases. He has authored several scientific publications and is the inventor on multiple patents.