Dr. Shahab Kashani Rahimi is the lead principal scientist in the product development team at Ardena. Shahab has 7 years of experience in pharmaceutical oral solid and liquid formulation and manufacturing process development, and his work focuses on solubility/bioavailability enhancement technologies including hot melt extrusion and spray drying, development of immediate and modified release dosage forms and novel complex drug delivery systems. His experience spans all stages of product development, from pre-clinical development and proof of concept to scale-up, clinical and registration manufacturing. Shahab holds a PhD in polymer science and engineering and has previously worked as a formulation principal scientist at Catalent Pharma Solutions and BioDuro and as a postdoctoral research fellow at molecular pharmaceutics and drug delivery department at University of Texas at Austin.
