Nikoo Arasteh Jaguar Health

Nikoo Arasteh is a Senior Director of Quality Assurance for Jaguar Health. Her two-decade long career in the bio-pharmaceuticals started with Bayer Pharmaceuticals, where she served in several roles within the Quality Department, including Deviation and CAPA management, raw materials QA, analytical methods life cycle, and project management. After some time at Genentech, she directed her journey from biotech to the world of small molecules by working for Jaguar Health, where she grew the quality department from infancy to a full-scope GXP quality operation. With major activities being outsourced in her current company, a large portion of Nikoo’s time and attention is dedicated to the quality management of a broad range of vendors, such as CDMOs, contract analytical laboratories, distribution centers, and CROs. Nikoo received her PhD from University of British Columbia with a focus on Passive Immunization using antibodies from another species . She also holds an MBA focused on Industrial Management.