Asif Mahmood | Vice President, Medical Safety & Pharmacovigilance
AskBio

Asif Mahmood, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., is working as Vice President & Head of Medical Safety and Pharmacovigilance at AskBio (a subsidiary of Bayer) since May 2023. Prior to that he has worked as Chief Safety Officer/Vice President Global Safety & Pharmacovigilance at Medicago (a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Pharma Japan) since July 2019. Prior to joining Medica1go, Asif Mahmood held several roles of increasing responsibility from Director to Associate Vice President at Pfizer, Sanofi, Genzyme, Sanofi Pasteur and Apotex in the US and Canada from 2004 to 2019.   He has experience of working on many diverse therapeutic areas including Gene therapy, vaccines, hepatology, oncology, infectious diseases, rare diseases, biosimilars, 1drug delivery devices, generics, and OTC.   Earlier in his career, he has worked as the Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry of Health in Islamabad, Pakistan, and as Medical Director and Joint Executive Director for Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences and Children's hospital Islamabad. He has also worked on many public health and immunization projects of WHO, UNICEF and Japan International Corporation Agency. He received his M.D, from King Edwards Medical University in Pakistan. He also possesses an M.P.H and M.B.A degree in Health management.