Pravin Chaturvedi

Biography

Dr. Chaturvedi is the Founder and Chairman of Boston-based IndUS Pharmaceuticals and a co-founder of Florida-based Oceanyx Pharmaceuticals. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of both these organizations. He remains the Chief Scientific Officer of San Francisco-based Napo Pharmaceuticals. Previously he has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Boston-based Scion Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Chaturvedi is on the Board of IndUS, Oceanyx, FuelEd Schools, Cellanyx, Sindu Research and Pradan USA. He has previously served on the boards of Scion Pharmaceuticals and TiE Boston. He also serves as an advisory board member to TFC Biosciences and as the Chair of the Research Advisory Council for the Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University. He is an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown Medical School.Over his 25+ year career, Dr. Chaturvedi has participated or led the discovery and/or development activities for several new chemical entities (NCEs), culminating in the successful development and commercialization of seven new drugs that are currently marketed by various companies. Prior to his roles at Napo, IndUS, Oceanyx and Scion Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Chaturvedi, spent several years at Vertex Pharmaceuticals as the Head of Lead Evaluation. Prior to his role at Vertex, he was in the preclinical group at Alkermes and he started his R&D career in the Product Development group at Parke-Davis/Warner-Lambert Company (now Pfizer). Dr. Chaturvedi holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from West Virginia University and a Bachelor’s in Pharmacy from the University of Bombay. 

Research Interest

 His research interest in Business and Management