Perspectives on the draft ICH-M0 guidance: an interview with Kelly Dong

Kelly Dong, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, United-Power Pharma Tech Co., Ltd Kelly Dong obtained her PhD degree from McGill University, Canada. Kelly has nearly 25 years of multinational industry experience working for pharmaceutical companies and CROs in Canada, the UK and China. Her scientific expertise encompasses drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK) in drug discovery and regulated bioanalysis for preclinical and clinical development. After 20-year overseas experience, she joined GlaxoSmithKline R&D China in August 2009. She was the Director of DMPK for CNS drug discovery and Head of Bioanalysis, Immunogenicity and Biomarkers, overseeing more than 40 preclinical and clinical studies across different therapeutic areas. She joined United-Power Pharma as the Chief Executive Officer in February 2018. She is also a research fellow at the National Engineering Research Center of Protein Drugs. She is one of the founders and a steering committee member of China Bioanalysis Forum. She is also an active contributor to the scientific community, with numerous scientific publications, invited presentations and organizing scientific conferences. This interview was conducted by Sankeetha Nadarajah, Managing Commissioning Editor of Bioanalysis.