Primetime’s experts provide assistance at all phases of drug development to our partners in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device fields. With diverse and in-depth experience, our team of scientists and regulatory affairs specialists provides expert advice and services related to medicinal chemistry, nonclinical safety testing, manufacturing, clinical trial design, submission preparation and regulatory agency interactions to make a success. We provide cost-effective and quality outsourcing solutions with our experience in working with CROs in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.
Janak Padia, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Padia has over 25 years of industrial experience in cutting edge drug discovery and development and has held management positions of increasing responsibility. Currently, Dr. Padia is working with University of Maryland (Center of Biomolecular Therapeutics) to evaluate and prioritize its project portfolio and to accelerate development of innovative drugs. He was Vice President, Drug R&D Services at Pharmaron and managed integrated projects for chemistry, lead optimization, preclinical candidate identification and development, and IND-enabling studies for clients. Prior to Pharmaron, Dr. Padia was Director of Chemistry and Drug Development at Avalon Pharmaceuticals where he oversaw a range of drug discovery and development programs and participated in the strategic management of the company. He has extensive experience in drug discovery and development processes, technology evaluation and implementation of project management tools to drive the projects to completion. He also has excellent knowledge drug development, formulation development, IND-enabling studies, GLP Tox evaluations, GMP drug manufacturing and regulatory affairs. Dr. Padia has also worked for ParkeDavis/Warner-Lambert (now Pfizer), Discovery Partners, and the NCGC-NCATS-NIH in the areas of Cancer, Cardiovascular and CNS therapeutics. Dr. Padia has led drug discovery and development efforts during his career that resulted in the identification of several development candidates in cancer and CNS area. Dr. Padia has authored several scientific publications and is also the inventor of many patents. Dr. Padia holds an adjunct position at Georgetown University Medical Center and serves as an advisor for Drug Discovery Program at GUMC and NIDDK/NIH. He holds 14 patents or patent applications. He is serving as an editorial member of 2 journals and has authored more than 20 research articles.
Glen Farmer, M.B.A.
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Farmer has over 25 years of experience leading the finance and accounting functions of development-stage life science companies. Most recently, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Croma Pharmaceuticals North America, where he was responsible for managing all financial and operating activities of the US and Canadian operation. Prior to that position, Mr. Farmer served as Principal Accounting Officer for Avalon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. where he supported the company through it’s Initial Public Offering and ultimate sale to Clinical Data, Inc. Mr. Farmer is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Association of Biotech Financial Officers (ABFO).
Nagarajan Pattabiraman, Ph.D.
Director of Computational Chemistry
Dr. Pattabiraman worked in Industry, academia, and government laboratories and has more than twenty years of experience in the areas of computational chemistry and structural and computational biology. Dr. Pattabiraman’s research has focused on 1) the structure/ligand-based discovery/design of drugs such as antimicrobial and antiviral agents against HIV-1, antibiofilm, Dengue protease and inhibitors against cancer targets Dr. Pattabiraman was the first to develop a grid-based docking method which has been extensively used in virtual screening of large database of small molecules by pharmaceutical industry. He has been working at the forefront in the area of computeraided molecular discovery, including homology/mutants protein modeling, molecular dynamics and visualization, bioinformatics and in-silico screening of large databases of small organic compounds against protein and nucleic acids targets. He has authored/coauthored more than eighty-two publications in peer-reviewed journals and ten book chapters and thirty five oral/poster presentations made at national and international conferences.