Research Fellow
Pfizer Inc
Groton, Connecticut
Manthena Varma, PhD is Research Fellow, at Pfizer Inc. Dr. Varma received his B. Pharm. degree from the Kakatiya University, Warangal, India; and an M.S. degree and PhD in Pharmaceutics , from the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and research (NIPER), Mohali, India. Later, Dr. Varma worked as a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis). In 2008, he joined Worldwide R&D, Pfizer, Groton, CT. Dr. Varma holds an Adjunct faculty position in the Department of Pharmacy of the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Varma’s research is focused in the fields of ADME/PK technologies and strategies in drug design and development, role of drug transporters and transporter-enzyme interplay (extended clearance) in ADME/PK, clinical pharmacokinetics and DDI predictions/evaluation via mechanistic (PBPK) modeling. Varma supported preclinical and clinical development of several Pfizer compounds in the oncology, metabolic diseases, and more recently in NASH/NAFLD therapeutic areas. He published about 140 original articles/reviews and presented over 75 presentations at the scientific conferences in these areas.
Disclosure information not submitted.
Hepatic Impairment and the Differential Effects on Drug Clearance Mechanisms
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CT