Advisory Board
Dr Kher has a broad expanse of business experience in biological and clinical sciences and provides strategic and visionary direction and leadership for the ThoughtSphere team. A physician by training, Dr Kher practiced Clinical Medicine for seven years before joining the pharmaceutical industry in 1995. His experience within the pharmaceutical industry includes early drug development, pharmacovigilance, regulatory affairs and post commercialization medical product management, as well as overall strategic business planning, covering various therapeutic areas including diabetes, oncology, neuro-sciences and infectious diseases. He has been at the front end of expanding the business operations and development across the globe, including Asia and the USA. He has also helped companies in merger and acquisition transactions during his career. Professionally, Dr Kher is one of the founding members of PARTAKE (Public Awareness for Research for Therapeutic Advancements through Knowledge and Empowerment). He also chairs the FICCI National Clinical Research Task Force and is a member of the FICCI Pharma Committee. He is also a member of the Department of Pharma Advisory Council for Developing Human Resources for Pharma Industry. Dr Kher spent his early pharmaceutical career at Eli Lilly and later as Senior VP at Vanthys Pharmaceutical Development (Lilly-Jubilant JV).