Olivier Dirat
Associate Research Fellow
Chemical Research and Development
Pfizer
Austria
Biography
Olivier Dirat, PhD, is an Associate Research Fellow and Group Leader in Chemical Development Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. In 2006, he joined Pfizer’s Chemical Research and Development Department in Sandwich, UK. He is currently a group leader and API project manager involved in route scouting, route development, technology transfer, QbD, Science of scale and regulatory submissions. He is also member of Pfizer’s impurities council with a specialization in genotoxic impurities. Dr. Dirat has co-authored 19 peer-reviewed publications and three patents. In 2006, after the Terlings Park site closure, he took the opportunity to change careers and moved to process chemistry.
Research Interest
He focuses on late stage development projects (from Phase 2b to commercialization)
