Dr. Asim Samanta

Bio

Dr. Asim Samanta is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the School of Health Sciences and Technology at Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune, India. He holds an M. Pharm (Pharmaceutics) degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, and a PhD from the Department of Pharmacy at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He qualified GATE 2005 with an All India Rank of 46. Dr. Samanta has over two years of postdoctoral research experience at NUS and the University of the Pacific, California, USA, along with nine years of extensive industrial experience at Johnson & Johnson and Encube Ethicals. His expertise lies in Novel Drug Delivery System, Process Analytical Technology (PAT), NIR and Raman spectroscopy, chemometrics, multivariate data analysis, and Quality by Design (QbD). He has published widely in reputed international journals and has presented his research at numerous national and international conferences.

Educational Qualifications
M. Pharm, PhD

Area of Expertise

Process Analytical Technology (PAT) with emphasis on NIR and Raman spectroscopy for real-time process monitoring. Chemometric and multivariate data analysis to link critical material and process parameters with product quality attributes. Integrates Quality by Design (QbD) and Design of Experiments (DoE) to optimize solid oral dosage forms and key pharmaceutical unit operations. Novel Drug Delivery System, Analytical Method Development and Validation.

Recent Publications

B V Hove, P Kanagale, T Quinten, S Gaiki, K Collignon, Y Swar, J Shah, E Verheyen, F M Preda, A Samanta, E Fernandez, G Caporicci, T Ferreira, W Lequieu, J Masschelein, D Schaufelberger, Development of a New Age-Appropriate, Chewable, Rapidly-Disintegrating Tablet of Mebendazole 500 mg for Preventive Chemotherapy of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in Pre-School and School-Age Children. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 188 (2023) 217–226

Z.H. Loh, A.K. Samanta, P. W. S. Heng, Overview of milling techniques for improving the solubility of poorly water-soluble drugs. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 10, 255-274, 2015

A.K. Samanta, L. Wang, K.Y. Ng, P. W. S. Heng, Energy-based analysis of cone milling process for the comminution of roller compacted flakes. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 462, 108-114, 2014.

A.K. Samanta, A.D. Karande, K.Y. Ng, P. W. S. Heng, Application of near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy in real-time monitoring of content uniformity, tensile strength, Young’s modulus and density of undulated roller compacted flakes. AAPS Pharm. Sci. Tech. 14 (1), 86-100, 2013.

P.V. Quyet, A.K. Samanta, C.V. Liew, L.W. Chan, P.W.S. Heng, A prediction model for monitoring ribbed roller compacted ribbons. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 102 (8), 2667-78, 2013.

A.K. Samanta, K.Y. Ng, P. W. S. Heng, Cone milling of compacted flakes: Process parameter selection by adopting the minimal fines approach. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 422 (1-2), 17-23, 2012.

Google Scholar Link
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TVJ1VWgAAAAJ&hl=en

Scopus Author ID Link
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55512100100

Orcid Link
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5763-4130