Dr. Kurt R. Nielsen
President
Lupin
India
Biography
Dr. Kurt R. Nielsen serves as President of Lupin -Somerset, USA of the company. He has over 20 years of rich experience in creating, managing high growth businesses; research, development and launching new products in the US; managing transactions, business development and Mergers & Acquisitions. Kurt joins Lupin from Sandoz, where he held dual responsibility of being the Global Head of Product Development (a.i.) as well as being the Vice-President of US Product Development, Portfolio and Launch Management for generic and brand products. Having started his pharmaceutical career at Johnson & Johnson, Kurt's previous leadership roles include being the Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice-President at Catalent Pharma Solutions, responsible for their global R&D efforts; Senior Vice President in-charge of R&D, Technology ops. including Manufacturing & Quality at URL Mutual Pharmaceuticals and being the Executive Director of Generic R&D at TEVA Pharmaceuticals. He holds a Ph.D in Chemistry from the Villanova University and has a BS in Chemistry from theUniversity of Delaware.
Research Interest
Business , Management Review ,Entrepreneurship & Organization Management
