Dr. Ashesh Kumar

Biography

Dr Ashesh Kumar is the Director of Biologics & Licensing at Paras Biopharmaceuticals Finland Oy. Dr Kumar leads the team and is responsible for the organisation’sBiologics development programincluding the development of Biosimilars (for Osteoporosis and Metabolic diseases). Dr Kumar has successfully developed and out-licensed biosimilar technologies for scale up production of biologics and biosimilars in Europe and Asia. Prior to working in Paras, Dr Kumar was Head of Medipolis GMP Oy in Finland for six years and was Head of the cGMP Biopharma team in Europe where he guided a team which successfully developed and licensed a key biosimilar technology for scale up production in Europe. Dr Kumar’s group was responsible for carrying out more than Eight (8) Process Development and cGMP biopharmaceuticals development projects. Dr Kumar has a Ph.D. in Biosciences & Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology- Roorkee, India.  

Research Interest

 Bio sciences and biotechnology.