Asif Mahmood
Chief Safety Officer Medicago Canada
Mc Master University
Great Toronto area, Canada
Biography
Asif Mahmood, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., has served as our Chief Safety Officer/Vice President of Global Safety & Pharmacovigilance since July 2019. Prior to joining Medicago, Asif Mahmood held several roles of increasing responsibility from Director to Associate Vice President at Pfizer, Sanofi, Genzyme, Sanofi Pasteur and Apotex in the US and Canada from 2004 to 2019. He has experience in working in many diverse therapeutic areas including Vaccines, hepatology, oncology, infectious diseases, rare diseases, biosimilars, drug delivery devices, generics, and OTC. Earlier in his career, he served as the Deputy Director-General, Federal Ministry of Health in Islamabad, Pakistan, and as Medical Director and Joint Executive Director for Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences and Children's hospital Islamabad. He has also served on many public health and immunization projects of WHO, UNICEF and the Japan International Corporation Agency. He received his M.D., from King Edwards Medical University in Pakistan, in addition to completing M.P.H and M.B.A.
Research Interest
Global Safety & Pharmacovigilance