Venkatesha Udupa's Biography

Venkatesha Udupa, Senior General Manager - Toxicology, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited

Dr. Venkatesha Udupa, is currently working as Senior General Manager – Toxicology at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Mumbai. In this role, Dr. Udupa supports drug discovery and development for several unprecedented targets by providing scientific input in the design and execution of early and late stage nonclinical toxicology evaluations that focus on characterizing the safety of the candidates, risk assessment and regulatory interactions. He provides investigative guidance and scientific leadership in toxicology and pathology to drug discovery team. Dr. Udupa has immense interest in drug development and safety evaluation of new chemical or biological entities especially in identifying mechanism of toxicity and overall risk assessment. He has worked in the targets related to metabolic disorders, infectious diseases, urinary incontinence, oncology, COPD, pain, inflammation etc. Dr. Udupa completed his Pathology training at Veterinary College, Bangalore and recipient of Overseas Development Administration Shared Scholarship Scheme (ODASSS) by the Association of Commonwealth Universities in the United Kingdom for Master’s program in Toxicology at University of Surrey, UK. He is a Diplomate of American Board of Toxicology (DABT) and actively involved in various professional activities of STPI, IBTP, IFSTP, STP, ESTP and SOT. He has 16 international publications in peer reviewed journals and 16 national publications, co-inventor in couple of patents and a coauthor for a book chapter on topics in Discovery and Regulatory Toxicology in Pharmaceutical Industry.