Karthik Vaideeswaran Heads Eli Lilly’s Technical Services

Karthik Vaideeswaran has been appointed as Head of Components and Materials, Technical Services and Manufacturing Sciences at Eli Lilly and Company. He brings nearly 30 years of experience across materials science, pharmaceutical manufacturing, research and development, and global engineering. Prior to this appointment, he served as Associate Vice President and Head – Device Development & Technology at Merck Group. He previously spent nearly nine years at Eli Lilly, holding senior leadership roles in drug delivery device development and engineering.

Earlier, he served as Global R&D Director at Celanese and held R&D leadership positions at Saint-Gobain Performance Polymer Solutions. His career also includes engineering and applied research roles at Lexmark and research experience at the University of Cincinnati. His expertise spans materials engineering, device development, commercialization, innovation and global technical team leadership. In his new role, he will focus on strengthening technical capabilities and supporting the commercialization of pharmaceutical products.

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