Chandra Kumar Email & Phone Number

Vadodara, Gujarat, IN

Vadodara, Gujarat, IN

• Responsible for Medical affairs and business development at Onconova.
• Oversee and direct development and production of all medical and scientific publications, including regulatory submissions, Investigator Brochures, clinical protocols, meeting abstracts, posters, oral presentations and.
• Provide scientific expertise in assessing and interpreting clinical studies and data which can be used in commercializing activities including development of clinical claims, advertising claims and promotional claims.
• Conduct primary research with Key Opinion Leaders on the strengths and weaknesses of the drug’s target product profile, potential market uptake and build strong relations with KOLs.
• Collaborate with outside vendors to prepare advertising and promotional medical literature of clinical and preclinical candidates for licensing opportunities.
• Coordinate with preclinical team to bring new candidates into clinical development and selecting appropriate biomarkers for clinical studies.

• Prepared clinical publications, review articles and competitive intelligence reports for Novartis medical affairs group and Onconova Therapeutics on ongoing clinical trials in various cancers.
• Attended annual oncology conferences and prepared summary reports for distribution to oncology professionals in the company.

• Responsible for developing a strong oncology knowledge base to provide strategic consulting to large pharmaceutical and biotech clients.
• Launched a biweekly “Smartoncology E newsletter” that summarized latest developments in clinical, business, regulatory, biomarkers and research highlights in Oncology.
• Provided guidance and leadership to the team members for developing oncology projects which included: 1) evaluate disease area strategies 2) in-depth assessment of epidemiology, stages and survival rates, current.

Kenilworth, New Jersey, US

• Identified key Oncology protein targets, validated and developed assay systems and strategies to discover and develop lead candidates for clinical development.
• Developed biochemical and cell-based assays for high-throughput screening.
• Initiated and led several drug discovery projects in Tumor Biology department.
• Identified PD markers to monitor drug efficacy in animal models.
• Conducted exploratory work to strengthen the rationale for targeting specific protein kinases and identified potential biomarkers.
• Trained several post-doctoral candidates in drug discovery research for careers in pharmaceutical industry.

Kenilworth, New Jersey, US

• Worked on a number of drug discovery research projects as Senior, Principal and ultimately Senior Principal Scientist in the areas of protein kinases, angiogenesis and RAS/RAF signaling pathways.
• I was also one of the founding members of the Oncology drug discovery program at Schering-Plough Research Institute.

Cambridge, MA, US

Executive Mba, Corporate Finance And Business Strategy

Post-Doctoral Training

Ph.D, Biochemistry

Master Of Science (M.S.), Biochemistry