Karthik Vaideeswaran
Associate Vice President, DDCS (Delivery, Device and Connected Solutions)
Eli LIlly
Dr. Karthik Vaideeswaran is an Associate Vice President of R&D in the Delivery, Device and Connected Solutions organization of Eli Lilly and Company. He leads an integrated science, technology and commercialization team comprising of surface, analytical and polymer scientists, biomedical, materials, mechanical and chemical engineers as well as experienced project management professionals who collaborate internally/externally to (a) develop and deliver the container closure systems and delivery device solutions for all the molecules in the Eli Lilly product portfolio, (b) pursue next-generation delivery device platforms for Lilly’s emerging delivery & device needs and (c) probe and understand the science & physiology of drug delivery and the underlying surface & interface phenomenon at a mechanistic level.