Ganapathy Mohan leads the Global External Advocacy and strategies for Global Quality and Compliance. Prior to this until April 2017, he was the head of Small Molecule Development Quality. Mohan was the head of Global CMC regulatory Affairs at Merck until April 2015. Prior to joining Merck, he was Associate VP of Global Analytical Sciences at Sanofi. Mohan was past Chair of the AAPS Regulatory Sciences Section, board member of PQRI and has served in the Council of Experts for the United States Pharmacopeia till 2015. He currently represents Merck in the PhRMA GQMWG and is the PhRMA Lead on the ICH Q13 Continuous Manufacturing Guidance Development EWG. Mohan has a Ph. D in Analytical Chemistry from Kansas State University.