Global Vice President Rx Product Development CDS & PPD Divisions
Catalent
Karunakar Sukuru (Karu) R.Ph., Ph.D., Vice-President- Product Development at Catalent Pharma Solutions is an accomplished and recognized Pharmaceutical leader with over 28 years of experience in Drug Product and Technology Development, Manufacturing, involving a wide variety of Drug Delivery Systems and Technologies. Proven and reliable leader and Strategic thinker with direct responsibility for P&L, successful product development, execution and troubleshooting of projects globally. Karu had technical oversight of more than a dozen CDMOs around the globe while at Endo Pharma and while at Catalent currently is working with more than 300 pharmaceutical customers including top BioPharma companies globally. Developed innovative CR platform Technologies in softge form(two granted patents) and has more than a dozen pending patent applications in the area of modified shell and fill suitable for capsules for enteric and colonic delivery.
After obtaining his Ph.D., in Pharmaceutics from IIT-BHU, India in 1995, Karu started his career at Natco Pharma in India for 2 years developing variety of Oral dosage forms. In 1997 he joined Banner Pharmacaps (India and then in NC-USA), worked on softgel and gel enrobed tablets. Karu joined Endo Pharma in 2006 and Catalent in 2016 as a VP-Product Development.
Karu is a Registered Pharmacist (R.PH.,).