Dr S Abidi

Dr Abidi has over 30 years of experience in pharmaceutical formulation development. He is founder and President of Pharmaceutics International Incorporated (Pii) based in US. He has extensive experience in dosage form development including capsules, tablets, modified release tablets, suspensions, solutions, small volume parenterals, suppositories, creams, ointments, gels, inhalation aerosols and transdermals. In the span of his career he has been involved with pre and post approval regulatory inspections and has worked on scale-up and launch of major pharmaceutical products, both prescription and OTC.

Prior to joining Pii, Dr. Abidi served as the Vice President of American Drug Development, Inc. where he was responsible for R&D activities. He also worked as the Director of Pharmaceutics at Hercon Laboratories, was also the Principal Scientist for Applied Analytical, Inc., and a Senior Scientist for Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Abidi holds a B.S. in Pharmacy and a M.S. He completed his PhD in Pharmaceutics from The University of Mississippi in 1977