What Happened?
Bedford, MA-based Integral Biosystems has Appointed Shikha Barman as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
To transform research concepts from the lab to clinic-ready products.Integral BioSystems was founded by drug development experts with many years of combined expertise in pharmaceutics and the development of drug products. The company is based in the greater Boston area.
About the Person
Shikha Barman, Ph.D. has approximately 20 years of work experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries in areas of drug delivery, pharmaceutical development and tissue engineering. Her interests have always been entrepreneurial, selecting the start-up venture over established companies choosing to accept high risk in exchange for exponential professional growth usually experienced in innovative product development. Also an artist, Dr. Barman has always been fascinated by the creativity of targeted drug delivery with the goal of improving and modulating drug targeting, absorption, cell permeability and solubility. Notably, her initial major contributions at her first job Focal, Inc. were inventive contributions toward design and development of a platform technology of PEG-based photocrosslinkable, biodegradable tissue sealants, the entire line of which was acquired by Genzyme BioSurgery. She has also contributed to core IP for other companies that she held positions in: Zycos, Inc., Sontra Medical Corporation, Inotek Corporation and Follica, Inc. Her roles have been increasingly multi-factorial with each successive company that she worked in, with cross-functional job responsibilities in CMC, pharmaceutical development, preclinical and toxicology. She founded Integral BioSystems, LLC with Boston-area patent attorney Dave Karasic with the joint objective of creating an integrated drug development firm, offering innovative drug delivery solutions to hard-to-develop drugs. Dr. Barman has a M.S. and a dual-degree Ph.D in Polymer Science and Plastics Engineering from University of Massachusetts-Lowell, MA and a B.S. / M.S. in Chemistry from Auburn University, AL.
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