Moheb M. Nasr, PhD
Director,
Office of New Drug Quality
Assessment, CDER/FDA

Moheb Nasr is the director of the Office of New Drug Quality Assessment (ONDQA), in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), at the US Food and Drug Administration.  ONDQA is responsible for quality assessments (pre- and postmarketing) of new drugs regulated by CDER. Nasr obtained his PhD degree in Chemistry at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Nasr holds a BS degree in Pharmacy and a Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Analysis, both from Cairo University, Egypt.  Nasr joined FDA in 1990, and assumed his current position in June 2003. He is leading the restructuring of the pharmaceutical quality assessment program at FDA. Nasr is a member of FDA’s Council on Pharmaceutical Quality, and is an elected fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS).