AcraPharm Consulting, Inc. provides project management and technical consulting services in
pharmaceutical product development.
Dr. Lovell has over twenty-five years experience in pharmaceutical product
development and consulting. Previously he was the General Manager of BioDevelopment
Laboratories, an operating unit of Genzyme Transgenics Corporation (GTC). He managed a contract formulation development group that provided
analytical methods development and validation, preformulation, formulation
and dosage form stability (product development) services to the
pharmaceutical industry.
Prior to its purchase by GTC, he was a Vice President and one of
three founders of BioDevelopment Laboratories, Inc., a former Division of
Arthur D. Little, Inc. BioDevelopment Laboratories, Inc. provided product
development and product safety assessment services to the pharmaceutical,
chemical and medical device industries.
Dr. Lovell was a Senior Consultant in Arthur D. Little’s
Product Development Section. He joined the Food and Pharmaceutical Product
Development Unit of the company in 1990 to lead a major business expansion in
process and product development for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and medical
nutritionals. Dr. Lovell expanded this business from less than $200,000 in
1990 to over $1.5 million in 1993. His major interests are the development of
new dosage forms for drug delivery to achieve specific goals such as taste-
masking, sustained/controlled-release, and improved bioavailability.
Additional interests are development of new dosage forms for parenteral,
oral, and subcutaneous administration to human and veterinary subjects.
Prior to joining Arthur D. Little, Inc. he was a
group leader in the Drug Delivery Systems Research Department of Abbott
Laboratories. He held positions of research investigator and senior research
scientist at G. D. Searle and Bristol-Myers, respectively.
Dr. Lovell received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Analysis
from the College of Pharmacy, University of Florida and a B.S. in Pharmacy
(Cum Laude) from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Allied Health
Sciences.
