S. S. Murugan

Dr. Murugan is a UK and EU Registered Toxicologist with more than 25 years’ experience in toxicology and biocompatibility industries. Dr. Murugan is an expert on biocompatibility testing of medical devices and has successfully generated biocompatibility data/reports for CE marking, FDA and other global regulators.

Dr. Murugan obtained his Bachelors, Masters as well as Doctoral degree in Toxicology from University of Madras and MGR Medical University. He has worked with major contract research organizations (CRO) in India - Head of Genetic Toxicology at IIBAT, Toxicology and Quality Assurance Manager at SGS and Scientific Director at RCC India.

He has extensive operational and quality assurance experiences. He has been instrumental in leading a couple of Indian CROs in acquiring GLP certification as well as improving its business profitability.

He has successfully handled several GLP, ISO17025 and FDA audits. Additionally, he has handled several national and international client audits.

He was also a member of CPCSEA guidelines committee, which oversees the animal experimentation in India.