Pharmaceuticals
10 pharmaceutical validation experts
These ten professionals have led or managed validation and qualification work at pharmaceutical manufacturers, with titles such as Validation Manager and Head, Qualification & Validation. A reader can learn how pharmaceutical companies plan and run process validation, cleaning validation and qualification programs.
Professionals to explore
01—10Abhishek Panda
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager- Head of Validation and Qualifications · SUN PHARMA
Former Senior Manager- Head of Validation and Qualifications at SUN PHARMA (2022–2024) and Manager - Validation and Qualifications there (2019–2022), and Assistant General Manager- Head of Site Validation and Compliance at Innoxel Lifesciences Private Limited since 2024. The profile describes the role of Site Validation head of Injectables at Sun Pharma, Halol, and experience in commissioning, qualification and validation of injectable facilities and products.
Hemanth Reddy
LinkedInExperience: QA Validation Manager · Merck
QA Validation Manager at Merck since 2019. The profile describes authoring and executing validation protocols (IQ, OQ, PQ), user requirement specifications, functional requirement specifications and validation summary reports, and lists Senior Validation Engineer at Akorn Pharmaceuticals (2018–2019) and Validation Engineer at Genentech (2013–2016).
Jean Marie Olivesi
LinkedInExperience: Qualification & Validation Head and acting as Sterlity Assurance head · Sanofi
Qualification & Validation Head and acting as Sterlity Assurance head at Sanofi since 2025, a role the profile ties to the Neuville site and the Modulus project. Other Sanofi roles listed include Sterility Assurance Qualification & Validation QTP leader - EVF program (2023–2025) and Head of Bulk manufacturing Support (2017–2021).
Jeff Mihaichuk
LinkedInExperience: QA Site Head of Validation · CSL
Former QA Site Head of Validation (2019–2020) and Site Head Technology Transfer and Validation (2020–2021) at CSL, and Sr Director, Qualification Global Process Owner at Eli Lilly and Company since 2026. The profile cites QA validation experience covering equipment, facilities and utilities qualification, computerized system and automation validation, process validation and cleaning validation.
Julie Barker
LinkedInExperience: Head, Qualification & Validation · Sanofi
Head, Qualification & Validation at Sanofi since 2016, and Associate Director, Quality Assurance Technical Services at Sanofi (2014–2016). The profile describes technical and quality leadership experience in biologics drug substance CMC development, GMP manufacturing and quality systems, and lists Associate Director, Manufacturing Science and Technology at Sanofi (2011–2014).
Kanthachari VL Pusapati
LinkedInExperience: AVP (Head) - Validation (Corporate) · Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited
AVP (Head) - Validation (Corporate) at Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited since 2018, and Head - Validation, Sun Global Operations at SUN PHARMA (2016–2018). The profile describes leading corporate validation functions across Sun formulation units, overseeing validation activities at manufacturing sites for compliance, and planning, coordinating and completing validation activities; it also lists Deputy General Manager CQA (Validation) at Hospira (2011–2015).
Karine Vauchel
LinkedInExperience: Validation Manager (Purification, HVAC utilities and cleaning) · Takeda
Purification, Filling and Cleaning Validation Manager at Takeda since 2025, and Validation Manager (Purification, HVAC utilities and cleaning) at Takeda from 2021 to 2025. The profile describes managing purification and filling commissioning and qualification activities and cleaning validation, and acting as a self-inspection auditor.
Md Mainul Hoque
LinkedInExperience: Manager Validation ( Central Head of Validation -Six Manufacturing Sites) · Opsonin Pharma Ltd
Manager Validation ( Central Head of Validation -Six Manufacturing Sites) at Opsonin Pharma Ltd since 2022, and Manager, Quality Assurance ( Central Head of QA -Six Manufacturing Sites) at Opsonin Pharma Ltd (2017–2022). The profile describes specializing in validation and sterility assurance for sterile product manufacturing, and lists Manager, Microbiology & In-Charge, Validation at Jayson Group of Companies (2013–2016).
Róbert Fülöp
LinkedInExperience: MS&T Validation Lead, Cleaning Validation Expert · Novartis
MS&T Validation Lead, Cleaning Validation Expert at Novartis since 2013, at Novartis Pharmaceutical Manufacturing GmbH, Drug Product Schaftenau according to the profile. The profile describes cleaning validation work and preparing and maintaining validation plans and programs, along with protocols, reports, evaluations and risk assessments for qualifications of sterilization processes, cleaning and process.
Sandra Leupold
LinkedInExperience: Head of Cleaning and Process Validation · Boehringer Ingelheim
Head of Cleaning and Process Validation at Boehringer Ingelheim since 2023, a role the profile places in Vienna, Austria, with MSO Cleaning Validation at Boehringer Ingelheim also listed since 2019. The profile also lists Validation Manager (2017–2021) and Senior Validation Specialist (2022–2023) at Boehringer Ingelheim.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's product and process type to yours, since sterile injectables, biologics and oral solid dose products raise different validation questions. For hands-on protocol and execution questions, favor someone in a site validation role, and for questions about standards across several plants, favor someone with a corporate or multi-site scope.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide the scope and number of runs for a process validation, and how do you justify it to inspectors?
- 02How do you set cleaning validation limits and pick worst-case products for a shared facility?
- 03What validation findings have you seen most often in regulatory inspections, and how did you fix them?
Reaching pharmaceutical validation experts
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Pick one of the 10 people on this page and choose "Book a paid call", or describe your project to find others. You offer a fee for a 15-minute call or a written answer, Instant Expert finds the person's work email and sends the invitation, and they decide whether to accept. The list covers 9 companies, including SUN PHARMA, Merck and Sanofi, based on profile data retrieved on October 3, 2026. Being listed here doesn't mean someone has agreed to take calls.
How much does it cost to reach pharmaceutical validation experts?
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