Our Team

Dr Muhammad Shoaib

Dr Muhammad Shoaib

Director Clinical Research

Dr. Shoaib is a Clinical Research Physician with extensive experience in Clinical Trial Management and Submissions. His experienced spans over multiple pharmaceutical companies and biotech organization. Before starting as consultant, he has worked for GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and Chiltern (CRO). As consultant he has worked with several clients, both large and small and has worked on submission activities and has working knowledge of submission dossiers for EMEA, FDA, MHRA and PMDA. He also worked as interim head of clinical development and interim head of drug safety and helped the respective organizations find suitable candidates. His therapeutic experience is diverse but primarily focused on Oncology and Rare Diseases.
Muhammad Usman

Muhammad Usman

Director Business Development

Mr Usman hold a master’s degree in business administration from Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. He has been with Alliance Drug Development from very early days and has been instrumental in bringing and managing business from Pakistan. He is a friendly and approachable person and has been managing clients needs from contract negotiations to successful delivery of the projects.
David Young

David Young

Consultant

An experienced Medical Affairs professional with a track record of publication and regulatory writing, study design and training, gained over 30 years in pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry. Before setting up his own company, Mr. Young worked with a number of large multinational organisations. He has a passion for effective communication, supporting both international pharmaceutical companies and academic clients.
Dr Stephen Evans

Dr Stephen Evans

Consultant

Dr Evans is an experienced Clinical Development medical doctor based in the UK. He has pre-clinical and clinical research experience in both academic and commercial settings and has worked for CROs and Pharma. He has over 15 years of clinical research experience and worked in all phases of drug development including pharmacovigilance in a variety of therapeutic areas. He has initiated and conducted phase I-IV clinical trials both as investigator and sponsor and been involved in the regulatory and approval process. He has 8 years of clinical experience in acute medical and surgical specialities including 4 years as an emergency medicine physician. His first degree was a BSc(Hons) in biochemistry and he was awarded a PhD in neurosciences. he has experience in all forms of microscopic equipment and have extensive experience of medical imaging techniques, (mainly Positron Emission Tomography and MRI). He has had this work published in several peer reviewed journals and was the editor and contributor to an OUP book.He is fully Registered with UK GMC.
Dr Gwyn Thomas

Dr Gwyn Thomas

Consultant

Dr Thomas is a physician with 25+ Years in Pharmaceutical Medicine and with experience of Drug Development and Medical Affairs. He is a friendly approachable person with the ability to align people and teams with the company’s objectives while maintaining their morale, self-respect and self-confidence. He has led matrix teams in multiple continents. He has succeeded in this with British, European, American and Japanese co-workers and also with Key Opinion Leaders in Europe, USA and Japan.

 

Having worked in UK, Japan and Europe (Paris) in Clinical Development he is experienced in product development that fulfils local requirements and global registration of molecules (including biotechnological compounds) and in the preparation for marketing of these in major markets. He has worked directly on the submission of dossiers to the EMEA, PMDA and local regulators in UK, France and Singapore. Extensive experience in developing and registering oncology compounds.

 

From 2007 he has worked as a Consultant both in Clinical Research and Medical Affairs. He has been ABPI (and EU) signatory and his knowledge of the Code of Practice is current. He is experienced in multiple therapeutic areas, particularly: oncology, biotechnology products, vaccines, rheumatology, kidney disease/ urology, CNS and Women’s Health.

Hemant Arora

Hemant Arora

Consultant

Mr Arora is a highly skilled clinical research professional with excellent project management and scientific writing skills. He has substantial experience in management of clinical trials (Phase 1, 2 & 3) for drugs/devices, BA/BE, Adults and Children. He holds master’s degree in pharmacy.

 

He has excellent knowledge of overall drug development and hands on experience in management of CROs, in house & fully outsourced, & vendors. He is trained and experienced in GDPR implementation focusing on clinical research. He also has hands on experience (lead, support) in the transition of clinical projects and assets between different organizations.

Mr Arora’s key specialities include, strategic planning and management of clinical trials, vendor management, alliance partnership models, named patient programs and paediatric studies.

Dr Saleem Akhtar

Dr Saleem Akhtar

Medical Specialist

Dr Akhtar is a medical specialist in Rai Medical Hospital in Sargodha. He has a passion for research and his breadth of knowledge in the general medicine has helped us and our clients to develop lean clinical study protocols which are not a burden to the patients. His hands on experience with patients in the Lower Middle Income Group Countries is valuable and has helped develop programs with low dropout rates.
Dr Nida Nawaz

Dr Nida Nawaz

Trainee Radiologist

Dr Nawaz is a trainee in the Radiology department in the Services Hospital which is a large tertiary care centre in Lahore. She has special interest in the modern diagnostic radiology and has been helping our clients with tailor made and effective radiology solutions for oncology patients.