SL Pharma Labs experienced leadership team includes:

Waheed Sheikh, PhD
Founder and President
Dr. Sheikh has over 30 years of international pharmaceutical industry experience with an extensive drug development and leadership background in multinational companies including AstraZeneca. Dr. Sheikh holds a PhD in pharmaceutics and microbiology from the University of London. He serves as administrative and technical leader for SL Pharma Labs. His industry expertise includes formulation development, microbiological development, clinical manufacturing and regulatory documentation.

Harry Lautenbacher, PhD
Operations & Quality Leader
Dr. Lautenbacher’s extensive management experience combined with comprehensive knowledge of quality systems, manufacturing and analytical methods spans from reagents to analytical instrumentation, drug products and packaging components and comes from over 30 years of industry experience with global innovators like DuPont, Helvoet and Forest Pharma. Dr. Lautenbacher earned his PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Temple University.

Pramod Nednoor, PhD
Analytical & Biotechnology Laboratory Leader
Dr. Nednoor brings leadership and management skills plus sophisticated analytical techniques and technology experience including methods development and validation to SL Pharma Labs in the areas of chromatographic purification, spectroscopy, dissolution, microscopy, biochemical and biophysical assays. Dr. Nednoor earned a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Kentucky.

Additional Team Members

In addition to the above management team, there are several highly qualified and experienced multi-disciplinary senior level project leaders and scientists in each functional group who make up the backbone of SL Pharma’s operations.