Hui Fang

Hui is leading the Product Quality Attribute and Analytical Sciences group supporting Snapdragon's GMP manufacturing efforts. He was most recently working at Akebia Therapeutics where he managed CMC analytical development and operation for clinical and commercial products and contributed to the NDA filing of an innovative small molecule drug for market authorization in the US. Before Akebia, Hui worked at Eisai pharmaceutical company for 10 years as an analytical scientist where he has supported a broad range of drug development programs advancing through preclinical and clinical stages with a few NCE drugs successfully commercialized in global markets. During his tenure at Eisai, Hui has contributed to numerous regulatory filings in the US, EU, and Japan, and co-authored several scientific publications for API process research and analytical development through internal and external collaborations. Hui earned a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Stephen Weber from the University of Pittsburgh where he developed a novel capillary-based microfluidic reactor to automate organic synthesis and perform high-throughput compound screening. Hui also earned an M.S. in polymer chemistry and physics at Nankai University in China where he developed a novel biocompatible absorbent to remove endotoxins from human blood by hemoperfusion to treat severe sepsis.