ABOUT
Pete received his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the University of Arizona in 1999. He joined Merck (MSD) in the same year and worked there until 2014, at which time he took a position at GSK. He has extensive experience in drug development, working on/leading cross-functional teams, mentoring scientists and managing multiple projects/staff. He is interested in analytical R&D, particle engineering, physical pharmacy, nanotechnology and formulation approaches for poorly bio-available drugs.Links
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Skrdla/info
http://www.americanpharmaceuticalreview.com/1429-AuthorProfile/2020-Peter-J-Skrdla/
http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Peter+J+Skrdla
Summary
Pete
received his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the University of Arizona
in 1999. He joined Merck (MSD) in the same year and continued working
there until 2014, progressing in his career from Senior Research Chemist
to Principal Scientist. He has extensive experience in drug
development, working on/leading cross-functional teams, mentoring other
scientists and managing multiple projects/staff at the same time. He was
directly involved in the commercialization of several Merck drugs,
being responsible for both the technical and regulatory aspects of such.
In
2014, Pete joined GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in the capacity of Team Leader,
where he currently manages a group of scientists in the development of
new pharmaceuticals (API and DP).Pete's research interests include physical and chemical characterization, physical pharmacy, enabled formulations, nanotechnology, solid-state phase transformations, modeling, chromatography and thermal analysis (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Skrdla/).
Education
Experience
Team Leader
GSK
Coordinates
the activities of a group of scientists in support of the development
of new medicines. Participates on cross-functional teams with the same
mission.
Principal Scientist, ADC, MMD
Merck
Technical Team Lead (TTL)
Principal Scientist, Preformulation, MRL
Merck
Preformulation
scientist working on preparing and characterizing prototype
formulations, enabled formulations (rotational opportunity)
Senior Investigator, MMD
Merck & Co., Inc.
Analytical team leader, ADC
Principal Analytical Chemist, MMD
Merck
Group leader, Analytical Development & Commercialization (ADC)
Research Fellow, MRL
Merck
Group leader, Analytical Research (AR)
Senior Research Chemist, MRL
Merck & Co., Inc.
Ph.D. scientist and project leader, Analytical Research (AR)
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