Charles C. Tong, PhD

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Suzhou Ribo Life Science Co., Ltd.
Executive Vice President and Head of the R&D
Charles C. Tong, PhD, is Executive Vice President and Head of the R&D Center at Suzhou Ribo Life Science and is engaged in oligonucleotide drug development. Charles has more than 25 years of drug development working experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Previously, he was a Senior Director of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Pfizer. He is an active member of the ISPE China Leadership Committee. He served as Chair for ISPE China in 2013 and 2014. His interest has been mainly focused on pharmaceutical sciences, pharmaceutical development, and regulatory CMC. He earned his PhD in chemistry from Georgia Institute of Technology. Charles has been an ISPE member since 2008.

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