VISHWAS SOVANI, Founder Director, Pharmawisdom

•   Founder Director, Pharmawisdom, a consultancy that focuses on clinical research, training and pharmacovigilance coaching.

Qualification:

•   MD (Pharmacology), Mumbai University.
•   Diploma in Management, IIM Ahmedabad.
•   Over 35 yrs in pharma industry in medical department,
•   Responsible for Clinical research, regulatory & medicomarketing and pharmacovigilance in companies like Sarabhai, Cipla, FDC, Cyanamid/Wyeth, Organon, in local and regional roles
•   Was also Head of Pharma delivery in TCS BPO
•   Retired as India Head for Revogenex Inc.

Additional professional activities:

•   Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Kaushalya Medical Trust Hospital.
•   Medical expert in Ethics Committee for Jaslok Hospital.
•   Ex-Chairman of Institutional Review Board of Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai.
•   Ex Referee and examiner for M. Pharm. (Pharmacology) & Ph. D (Pharmacology) course of University of Mumbai.

Publications:

BOOKS:  Updates in Ophthalmology as editor.
JOURNALS:  Over 45 publications in various therapeutic areas.