Niya D. Bowers, PhD Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Niya Bowers, Senior Program Officer, Integrated Development. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Niya joined the foundation in 2015 as Senior Program Officer in Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls. She works closely with foundation’s strategy teams and partners to provide technical expertise and strategic guidance for the therapeutic projects.

Dr. Bowers has over 25 years of experience in pharmaceutical new product development. Her experience covers all areas of CMC development including end-to-end drug substance and drug product analytical, formulation and process, as well as process analytical technology. She also has in-depth experience in regulatory and project management. From 2010 to 2014, she was an executive director at Merck Global Science Technology and Commercialization division responsible for late phase analytical development in both drug substance and drug product. She was also the Head of Merck Global Process Analytical Technology. Before Merck, she was a director of Oral and Specialty Product Development in Schering-Plough.