Masood Khan joins KCAS team

Becomes senior director of ligand binding assay services

KCAS, a US bioanalytical laboratory specialising in research and analytical services for pharmaceutical, biotech, animal health and medical device companies, has added Masood Khan to its growing team of experts. He will serve as senior director of ligand binding assay (LBA) services.

For nearly 20 years, Dr Khan has led wide-ranging research on strategic planning for LBA programmes, as well as the development of GLP-compliant and non-GLP assays for the conduct of ligand binding studies. He has chaired and organised many conferences and lectures at annual forums and meetings of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists’ (AAPS) and has helped establish the LBAB-Focus Group, a specialist division of AAPS.

Dr Khan has worked in executive capacities for several contract research organisations (CROs) and pharmaceutical companies including MDS Life Sciences, Covance, NeuroBiotech, Medlmmune and most recently the National Institute of Health.

Dr Khan received his PhD in biochemistry from Aligarh University, India, and has conducted post-doctoral studies at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in North Carolina and McGill University, Royal Victoria Hospital in Canada.

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