Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
Presentations
Courses Training
Diplomas
Personal Information
Publications
Certification
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Amir Mehdizadeh

Toronto,ON

Overview

41
41
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Managing Director and Lecturer

Ofogh Pharmed Educational Institute
01.2009 - Current

Technical Manager

Ofogh Pharmed R&D Institute
01.2001 - Current

Technical Consultant and advisor

01.2000 - Current

R&D Manager

Share Daru R&D Institute
01.2000 - Current

General manager

Aani Darman Pharmaceutical Co.
01.2016 - 01.2018

Plant manager & QC Manager

Hakim Pharmaceutical Co.
01.2000 - 01.2004

QC Manager

Iran Hormone Pharmaceutical Co.
01.1990 - 01.2000

R&D Manager

Hakim Pharmaceutical Co.
01.1987 - 01.1990

R&D Manager

Sobhan Pharmaceutical Co.
01.1985 - 01.1987

Pharmaceutical Analytical Expert

Food & Drug Quality Control Laboratory of Iran MOH
01.1984 - 01.1985

Military Service

Hospital of Ground Force of I.R. of Iran Army
01.1983 - 01.1984

Education

Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics -

University of Tehran

Pharmacy Doctorate -

University of Isfahan

Skills

  • Operations Management
  • Staff Management
  • Quality Assurance
  • Quality Control
  • Development of Human Resources
  • On-job Training
  • Self-inspection
  • Team Collaboration

Presentations

  • Teaching Experiences
  • Training courses that have been hold by A. Mehdizadeh, PhD, for pharmaceutical industry:
  • Physical pharmacy
  • USP for beginner
  • USP for advanced
  • HPLC seminar for pharmaceutical chemists
  • GC seminar for pharmaceutical chemists
  • Impurities and analytical methods to determine impurities in API and pharmaceutical products
  • Preparation of marketing authorization dossier according to ICH-CTD format
  • Tablet and Capsule formulation
  • Semi solid formulation
  • Oral Liquid formulation
  • Advanced GMP for finished products
  • Advanced GMP for API
  • GLP principles in pharmaceutical laboratories
  • Validation Master Plan
  • Validation of water systems
  • HVAC validation
  • Process Validation
  • Analytical Method Validation
  • Equipment Qualification
  • Good storage practices (GSP) and good distribution practices (GDP)
  • And Following Training Courses
  • Training Course
  • GLP
  • Pharmaceutical Waters
  • OOS (Out Of Specification)
  • CTD (Common Technical Document)
  • USP
  • USP and QC
  • Advanced GMP
  • USP and tablet standards
  • GMP Self Inspection
  • Continued (training courses)
  • GLP & 17025 Requirements
  • Self-inspection
  • GMP, API, ICH Q7A
  • Basic GMP
  • Cleaning Validation
  • Basic HVAC
  • CTD, Module 3
  • GMP-API
  • Parenteral GMP
  • Tablet and Capsule technology
  • Quality Management in Pharmaceutical
  • GMP-PIC/S
  • USP and semi-solids
  • Sampling procedures
  • Clean rooms and ISO
  • Microbiological testing
  • CTD and module 1
  • Water purification systems
  • Validation of water purification
  • Good Practices for QC Laboratories
  • Advanced GLP
  • Stability testing in pharmaceutical products
  • Good Storage Practices (GSP)
  • Good Distribution Practices (GDP)
  • US-GMP
  • IPQC
  • Quality Risk Management
  • Sterile GMP
  • GLP and Safety
  • Temperature Mapping in warehousing
  • Safety in Analytical Lab
  • Advanced HPLC
  • Premises in Pharmaceuticals

Courses Training

  • Pharmaceutical Analysis
  • Gas Chromatography, GC
  • Liquid Chromatography, HPLC
  • Solid Phase Extraction Methods
  • USP courses
  • Physical Pharmacy
  • Micromeritics
  • Rheology
  • Pharmaceutical Development
  • Nano-technology
  • Pelletization
  • Tablet Formulation
  • Semi solid Formulation
  • Regulatory Affairs
  • GMP courses
  • GLP courses
  • GSP courses
  • GDP Courses
  • Validation Master Plan, VMP
  • Analytical Method Validation
  • Process Validation
  • Validation of Water System

Diplomas

Pharm.D. and Ph.D. from Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Personal Information

  • Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
  • Date of Birth: 09/05/60
  • Nationality: Iranian
  • Marital Status: Married

Publications

  • Serial Books, Industrial Pharmacy, First volume: Pre-formulation and Tablet and Capsule Formulation, Industrial Pharmacy, Second volume: Physical Pharmacy: Polymers, Rheology and Interfacial Phenomena, Industrial Pharmacy, Third volume: Good Manufacturing Practices, GMP, for Pharmaceutical Industry, Industrial Pharmacy, Forth volume: Quality Management and GMP for Drug Substances and Products, Stability Studies: Stability Testing of Drug Substances and Products, Quality Assurance Establishment in Pharmaceutical Companies, Documentation in Pharmaceutical Companies, GLP, Good Laboratories Practices, Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Section One, Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Section Two, Tablets and Capsules, Technology and GMP of Manufacturing of Sterile, Aseptic and Hazardous Pharmaceuticals, Cleanrooms standards according to ISO
  • International articles, full paper, Design and in vitro evaluation of new matrix, drug-in-adhesive and reservoir formulations of fentanyl transdermal patches, Introducing a full validated analytical procedure as an official compendial method for fentanyl transdermal patches, Effects of pressure sensitive adhesives and chemical permeation enhancers on permeability of fentanyl through excised rat skin, Determination of critical manufacturing parameters on drug release of fentanyl reservoir transdermal patches, Effects of different polymers on dissolution of carbamazepin, Preparation and Skin Permeation Study of N, N- Diethyl- meta-Toluamide Semi Solid Formulations, A Rapid, Simple, Liquid Chromatographic-Electrospray Ionization, Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry Method for the Determination of Finasteride in Human Plasma and its Application to Pharmacokinetic Study
  • Posters and short articles, A Validated and Compendial Method for Determination of Drug Release of Fentanyl Transdermal Patches, Evaluation of rheological behavior of hydroxyethyl cellulose on drug release of fentanyl reservoir patches, Extended Release Charcterizations of Diclofenac Sodium Pellets Using Ethyl Cellulose and Acrylic Resins as Retardant Polymers, Design of Liposomal Gel of Diclofenac Diethylamine, An Investigation into the Effects of Solvents and Surfactants on the Solubility of Acetaminofen

Certification

PhD

Timeline

General manager

Aani Darman Pharmaceutical Co.
01.2016 - 01.2018

Managing Director and Lecturer

Ofogh Pharmed Educational Institute
01.2009 - Current

Technical Manager

Ofogh Pharmed R&D Institute
01.2001 - Current

Technical Consultant and advisor

01.2000 - Current

R&D Manager

Share Daru R&D Institute
01.2000 - Current

Plant manager & QC Manager

Hakim Pharmaceutical Co.
01.2000 - 01.2004

QC Manager

Iran Hormone Pharmaceutical Co.
01.1990 - 01.2000

R&D Manager

Hakim Pharmaceutical Co.
01.1987 - 01.1990

R&D Manager

Sobhan Pharmaceutical Co.
01.1985 - 01.1987

Pharmaceutical Analytical Expert

Food & Drug Quality Control Laboratory of Iran MOH
01.1984 - 01.1985

Military Service

Hospital of Ground Force of I.R. of Iran Army
01.1983 - 01.1984

Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics -

University of Tehran

Pharmacy Doctorate -

University of Isfahan
Amir Mehdizadeh