Timothy Costello

Timothy Costello, Ph.D., Head of Product Development for OrphoMed, has 30 years of experience in a chemical process in pharmaceutical process discovery and development with 12 overlapping years of experience in pharmaceutical drug development in the biopharmaceutical industry. Before joining OrphoMed in 2017 he served as Senior Director for Furiex Pharmaceuticals, where he led CMC, scale-up, clinical supplies, and commercial production of drug candidates and approved pharmaceutical products. Previously, he worked at Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), a contract research organization, serving as Senior Director. Before, he served as Director of Process Chemistry for Forest Laboratories. Dr. Costello began his career at DuPont, where he served for two decades, first in Central Research & Development then in Process Chemistry with DuPont Pharma. He received a BS in Chemistry from Duke University and earned a Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh.