Bharat Patel
Executive Director, Process Engineering, Cell Therapy
- Role
- Executive Director, Head of Process Engineering at AstraZeneca
- Location
- Princeton, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Bharat Patel
Proven biopharmaceutical leader with experience of managing Process Development, Manufacturing Science & Technology and CMC Leadership groups at Merck, BMS, Rocket Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca• Leader with unique background and successful record to thrive at biotech and biopharmaceutical companies with biologics, gene and cell therapy modalities• Leader with extensive experience in successfully managing CMC activities such as process development, process characterization, integrated control strategy, site readiness for clinical manufacture and PPQ, process validation, process comparability, and BLA/MAA submissions
Experience
Executive Director, Head of Process Engineering
Aug 2025 — Present · Gaithersburg, MD, US
Head of Process Engineering, Cell Therapy Department & OperationsLeading following groups to deliver commercial process design, process characterization, tech transfer, process validation and market approval- Cell product Late-stage PD- Cell product MS & T- Viral vector MS & T (CAR T DS)Program Leadership- Serving WG lead role for a late-stage asset: Comparability and INDa for pivotal manufacturing, manufacturing readiness for pivotal and commercial, roadmap to market approval
Education
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
MS, Chemical and Process Engineering
2004 — 2006
Clemson University
PhD, Chemical Engineering
2006 — 2010
National Institute of Technology Surat
BS, Chemical Engineering
1998 — 2002
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