About

Deepu Asok is Manager, Small Molecule Portfolio Ops & Analytics, at Pfizer, with over nine years of experience in combination product development, focusing on injectable drug delivery systems. His expertise covers development of needle-based injection systems, including PFSs, pens, autoinjectors and wearable injectors, and the test method validation for parenteral drug delivery systems. Currently,
he manages the portfolio operations for Pfizer’s value-add and innovative small molecule portfolio.

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STRATEGIES FOR TEST METHOD VALIDATION OF DRUG DELIVERY PLATFORMS

Deepu Asok discusses the importance of test method validation for drug-device combination product development and how a common mistake is to design the validation process for a specific device rather than to accommodate the potential variety of a device platform.