Scientific Advisory Board

Our scientific advisors have deep experience as investigators and researchers. They have published and presented extensively in the West and have created their research organizations based on the western model.

The IndiPharm Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) includes two of India’s best known and most respected physicians, each carefully chosen for international experience in their respective areas of expertise.

The Company’s SAB members are valuable contributors to its strategic development. In particular, they provide IndiPharm with advice regarding where to obtain patients, sites, and GCP-compliant physicians in India for the conduct of clinical trials.

Purvish M. Parikh, M.D., D.N.B, F.I.C.P., Ph.D., E.C.M.O., C.P.I.

Dr. Parikh is Professor and former Chief of Medical Oncology at Tata Memorial Hospital, a world-class oncology research center in Mumbai, India. He is the convener and head of the Indian Cooperative Oncology Network (ICON), a network of over 200 physicians organized to foster and encourage cooperative clinical research in oncology in India.

He also serves in a number of prominent advisory positions, including Member, Task Force on Cancer Management in India; ICMR and Member, PAC, National Cancer Control Program, Ministry of Health for the Government of India; Member, Palliative Care Working Group, European Society of Medical Oncology, Switzerland; Founding Member, Task Force on Developing Countries of European Society of Medical Oncology, Switzerland; Secretary, Society of Medical & Pediatric Oncology (ISMPO); and Vice President, Indian Society of Hematology & Transfusion Medicine. He has been a Research Fellow at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Royal Marsden Hospital (London).

Dr. Parikh has served as principal investigator in more than 30 ICH GCP/ ICMR compliant cancer clinical trials, and has contributed to more than 50 other trials at Tata. He has also participated in several international pivotal phase II and phase III trials for pharmaceutical company sponsors.

He received his Ph. D. in Applied Biology from Bombay University, F.I.C.P. from the Indian College of Physicians, D.N.B from the National Board, New Delhi, and M.D. from Bombay University.

Dr. Parikh has also received the European Certification in Medical Oncology from ESMO in Switzerland and is a Certified Physician Investigator of AAPI and ACRP, USA.

Dr. Parikh has authored 12 books and chapters in various books. He has published 70 technical papers and has co-authored over 100 other papers in medical journals.

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Shashank Joshi, M.D., D.M., F.I.C.P., F.A.C.E.

Dr. Joshi is a practicing Adult & Pediatric Endocrinologist and Diabetologist. He is affiliated as Consulting Endocrinologist with a number of leading hospitals in Mumbai, including Lilavati & Bhatia Hospitals, and the Department of Endocrinology, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital in Mumbai. Dr. Joshi is the Editor of the Journal of the Association of Physicians in India (JAPI), the Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, and several other leading medical journals. He is the Founder and Executive Editor, Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, and Honorary Editor, Indian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. He has served as the principal investigator in a number of multinational clinical trials.

Dr. Joshi has served as Visiting Faculty Member at a number of International Universities and is actively involved with evidence based work in Endocrinology including Obesity, Diabetes, Growth, Thyroid, and Osteoporosis. He has been a Visiting Clinician at the Mayo Clinic and has served on the ICMR-WHO Task Force for Management of Type 2 Diabetes. He has also been the Director of the Asian Health Clinic in Western Australia.

Dr. Joshi received his M.B.B.S. and M.D. in Internal Medicine and D.M. in Endocrinology from Bombay University, and F.I.C.N., F.I.C.P., and F.A.C.E. from the USA. He is a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology and has the Diploma of Growth from Sweden. Dr. Joshi has authored 9 books and is the Editor of “Practical Medicine”, the most popular undergraduate medical textbook in India. He has over 360 publications.