Deepak Chadha

With more than two decades of regulatory and clinical development experience in the Pharma, Biotech and Medical Device fields, Deepak Chadha is responsible for leading Brickell’s R&D organization.

Mr. Chadha's management experience encompasses providing strategic vision, leadership, and oversight to ensure the successful execution of global product development programs, including direct responsibility over the preclinical, CMC, quality, clinical and regulatory functions. Mr. Chadha has worked on various product development projects for drugs, biologics, medical devices and combination products, including marketing applications to the FDA, the EMA, as well as the regulatory agencies of the UK, Canada, Australia, and Japan among others, which resulted in the approval of several products that went on to become best-in-class within their respective areas.

Prior to Brickell, Mr. Chadha held the role of Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs at Suneva Medical. During his time at Suneva Medical, Mr. Chadha led the regulatory approval for BELLAFILL® dermal filler for acne scar correction and supported the company’s commercial products life cycle management. Before Suneva, Mr. Chadha worked at Allergan (f.k.a. KYTHERA), where Mr. Chadha successfully led their lead product, KYBELLA®, from an early clinical phase to an NDA stage, and also supported the ex-US regulatory activities. Mr. Chadha also served as Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs at Allergan Medical (f.k.a. Inamed Corporation), where he assisted in building the organization’s Global Regulatory Affairs department, and was involved with the approval for JUVEDERM®, Bioenterics®, LAP-BAND® and Silicone gel-filled Breast Implants. In addition, his career has included positions of increasing responsibility at Biomeasure Inc. (IPSEN) and Stryker Biotech.

Mr. Chadha holds a BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Berhampur University in Orissa, India, an MS in Pharmaceutics from Hamdard University in New Delhi, India, and an MBA in International Business from California State University, Dominguez Hills.