Education Qualification
PhD Pharmacology
M.Pharm Pharmacology
B.Pharm
CRM
CPCR - NIH
DIP - YT
Designation
Experience
Department
Research Area
His areas of expertise and experience include,
- Translational research
- Clinical development strategy designing and first-in-human clinical trials
- SAD-MAD studies, human pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics studies, various clinical pharmacology studies
- Design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of clinical trials of drugs, modified release formulations, NDDS, biologics, biosimilars, medical devices and vaccines to make “Go” or “No Go” decisions
- Thorough QT-QTc studies
- Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacotherapeutics
- Clinical Pharmacy Practice
- Artificial intelligence in pharma and medical research
- Space clinical trials
General Information
Dr. Jignesh Patel is having experience in pharmacological, translational and clinical research. He is one of the few scientists (probably first in India) who had worked on application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in medical and clinical research as a part of his PhD research work during year 2002/2003 (very early time when AI was just a thoughtful technology). He had published articles from his PhD work on probable application of AI, which has become reality today in the field of medical and pharma research.
Dr. Jignesh has taught more than 500 students of B.Pharm., M.Pharm., PharmD, PharmD-PB, PhD, MBBS, MD, MS, DM, DNB, BAMS, BAMS, Physiotherapy, Nursing, Yoga therapy etc. so far.
- Number of pharma/medical products in international regulated market (USA, EU, UK etc.) for which Dr Jignesh has contributed significantly: >100
- Scientific Journal Publications (full, short review or abstracts etc.) Published: 45 (International:20, National:25)
- Scientific Conference Paper Presentation: 22
- Number of PhD Students Guided/Guiding: 7
- Number of PharmD Students Guided/Guiding: 8
- Number of M.Pharm. Students Guided/Guiding: 8
- Number of DM (medical) Students Co-Guided: 6
- Number of MD (medical) Students Co-Guided: 6
- Number of MS (medical) Students Co-Guided: 7
Achievements / Awards of Dr Jignesh Patel:
- Award of US$2200 from P & G, UK & the HSUS, USA.
- Early investigator award of US$500, from ISHR, Australia.
- 2003 Humane Education Award of Rs.131000 from England, UK.
- Award of Rs.25000 from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
- Award of the Best Paper of the Year 2005 in Pharmacology from Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research.
- Award of the Best Paper of the Year 2007 in Pharmaceutical Education from Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research.
- Minor Research Project Grant (Rs.60000) from GUJCOST, Gandhinagar, Gujarat for research project.
Profile
- He has done his bachelor & master in pharmacy from L.M.College of Pharmacy (LMCP), and PhD in Pharmacology from Shree S. K. Patel College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research under the guidance of Dr.R.K.Goyal, Ex.Professor at LMCP and Ex-vice-chancellor of M.S.University, Vadodara, Ex-vice-chancellor of Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University (DPSRU).
- He had worked with India’s top pharmaceutical industry, Sun Pharma’s R & D Centre, Vadodara for 10 years as “In-charge of Phase 1 clinical trial unit with human pharmacodynamics lab”. Dr.Jignesh is pioneer of setting up India’s first phase 1 clinical trial unit of Sun Pharma in 2008. He is also the pioneer of setting up India’s dedicated first Phase 1 clinical trial unit & human pharmacodynamics labs of CBCC Global Research, India & USA in 2018.
- He has directly led clinical development of more than 10 New Medicines INDs for USFDA, more than 14 NDDS, 37 medical devices, 3 Biosimilars, 2 vaccines & more than 140 generic products for USFDA, EMA, MHRA and other regulatory market. During his early career, he has worked at various hospitals and has handled clinical trials of global pharma industries including Sanofi, GSK, Pfizer, BMS, Boehringer Ingelheim, J & J, Medtronic, AstraZeneca, Novartis etc. for global clinical trial in Europe and UK hospital sites.
- He has faced and cleared regulatory audits for clinical trials from USFDA, EMA, MHRA, CDSCO, ANVISA, Malaysia Regulatory Authority.
Currently he is working as Professor, PhD Guide and Head Pharmacology Department at Ganpat University.