Vimala Raghanvendran, MBA United States Pharmacopeia

Vimala Raghavendran is Vice President of Informatics Product Development at the US Pharmacopeia, where she leads the development of informatics products related to pharmaceutical supply chain transparency, and clinical, chemical and laboratory informatics.

She spearheaded the creation of the Medicine Supply Map, an information system that identifies, characterizes, and quantifies risk in the upstream pharmaceutical supply chain so that stakeholders can prioritize supply chain investments and prevent drug shortages. Her other responsibilities include overseeing USP’s clinical, lab and chemical informatics product portfolio, including the development of executable documentary standards.

Vimala has been with the US Pharmacopeia for over 7 years, where, prior to her current role, she led a multinational strategy and analytics team. Before USP, Vimala led strategy consulting teams at McKinsey and Co., that advised payors, providers and pharmaceutical companies within the public and private sector. She has also worked in market research at the non-profit biotechnology company, the International Partnership for Microbicides. She has an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Economics from Knox College.