Robert W. Ashworth
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, REGULATORY AFFAIRS, QUALITY AND COMPL
Advaxis
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Robert Ashworth has over 30 years of pharmaceutical industry experience spanning chemistry research and regulatory affairs. During the course of his career, he has made significant contributions to the FDA approvals of 12 new drugs. His drug development and regulatory experience includes small molecules, therapeutic proteins and antibodies. He joined Advaxis from NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc., where he served as Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs and spearheaded the global approval of drugs for rare diseases. Prior to that, he had similar roles at Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization, Inc. and Biovail Corporation. Earlier in his career, he held positions of increasing responsibility at Forest Laboratories Inc., BASF Pharma (Knoll) and Ciba-Geigy Corporation. Dr. Ashworth holds a doctorate in organic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from St. John’s University.
Research Interest
Dr. Robert Ashworth has research interest in Pharmaceutical Science and Business Management.
