Richard K. Burdick, PhD Elion Labs, a division of KBI Biopharma, Inc.

Richard (Rick) K. Burdick is an Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Arizona State University (ASU) and former Quality Engineering Director for Amgen, Inc. for 10 years.  He presently serves as Chief Statistician for Elion Labs, a division of KBI Biopharma, Inc.

His research and consulting interests consider several CMC statistical applications including comparability studies, stability data analysis, analytical method validation, quality by design process characterization, and analytical similarity for biosimilar products.  He has written over 70 journal articles and four books.

Burdick is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) and a member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS). He has served on the USP Statistics Expert Committee since 2010. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics from the University of Wyoming. He received his Masters and Doctorate degrees in Statistics from Texas A&M University.