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Sarah Kiehna

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Director, Analytical Development and Quality Control at AbbVie
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Sarah Kiehna is a Director of Analytical Development and Quality Control at AbbVie, with a Ph. D. from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her career has progressed from peptide chemistry to leading roles in biologics and biosimilars, including significant contributions to regulatory submissions at Pfizer and Hospira.

Sarah is passionate about defeating life-changing diseases like cancer and is actively building a team of talented scientists to develop future biologic therapies. Her focus is on combining people and passion to explore new possibilities in treatment.

During her time at Pfizer, she was a key contributor to the bioanalytical assessments for the FDA-approved biosimilar drug, NIVESTYM.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Director, Analytical Development and Quality Control
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
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Analytical Development
Her entire career, current role, and recent publications focus on analytical strategy, method development, and quality control for biologics.
Biosimilar Programs
Was an analytical lead for two biosimilar programs at Pfizer, including the successfully approved drug NIVESTYM, and previously worked on biosimilarity at Hospira.
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Career

Work history

8-2020
Director, Analytical Development and Quality Control
AbbVie
7-2019 - 8-2020
Principal Research Scientist, Analytical R&D New Biologic Entities
AbbVie
6-2016 - 6-2019
Principal Scientist
Pfizer
7-2013 - 6-2016
Senior Scientist
Hospira
3-2008 - 6-2013
Senior Peptide Chemist
Nanotope, Inc / Arrowhead Research
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Education
6-2000 - 7-2005
Ph.D.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
8-1996 - 5-2000
BS
Vanderbilt University
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