Dr. Sheetal Vali joined Arog Pharma in June 2014. She has a diverse scientific background with more than 10 years of research experience in academia and industry. She started her pharma career as a Research Associate at Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Pune, India focusing on design and development of drug formulation for India market and ANDA for regulated markets.

Dr. Vali started working on her PhD in 2006 in the Pharmaceuticals Department at Poona College of Pharmacy and conducted her research at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune on design and evaluation of nanoparticulate drug delivery system with focus on metal nanoparticles, bio-imaging, in vitro cytotoxicity, and in vivo drug delivery applications.

After completing her PhD in 2010, Dr. Vali moved to Dallas, TX and took a position at UT Southwestern Medical Center as a Postdoctoral Researcher. In 2014, she joined Arog in the Drug Development (CMC) group. Since then she has worked on all aspects of product development, including API manufacturing, drug formulation manufacturing, analytical methods development and validation, technology transfers, packaging, stability studies, management and distribution of clinical supplies, and preparing CMC sections for regulatory filings.