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Gustavo Mendes Lima Santos

Gustavo Mendes Lima Santos

Fellow, Regulatory Affairs

Gustavo Mendes Lima Santos
Fellow, Regulatory Affairs
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About Gustavo
Gustavo Mendes Lima Santos is a Pharmacist with a master’s degree in Toxicology from the University of Londrina Brazil (2011).

Previously he was the General Manager of Medicines and Biological Products at the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa). Gustavo has more than 19 years of experience as a regulator, acting in the Therapeutic Equivalence department evaluating studies, and inspecting CROs. He worked in implementing various regulatory instruments like clinical efficacy and safety guidelines for synthetic medicines and therapeutic equivalence of inhaled and nasal products.

He has participated in global regulatory harmonization initiatives, representing Anvisa in the International Council for Harmonisation as an expert in the M9 working group and on the Management Committee. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he worked as a regulator to implement strategies for establishing emergency use authorization of medicines and vaccines.

Since July 2022, Gustavo has been assigned as a Research Scientist in the Regulatory department of the International Vaccine Institute, a non-profit organization created by the United Nations Development Programme with the objective of developing vaccines for low and middle-income countries, with a focus on neglected diseases.

Latest Research By Gustavo Mendes
2021 White Paper on Recent Issues in Bioanalysis: Mass Spec of Proteins, Extracellular Vesicles, CRISPR, Chiral Assays, Oligos; Nanomedicines Bioanalysis; ICH M10 Section 7.1; Non-Liquid & Rare Matrices; Regulatory Inputs ( Part 1A – Recommendations on Endogenous Compounds, Small Molecules, Complex Methods, Regulated Mass Spec of Large Molecules, Small Molecule, PoC & Part 1B – Regulatory Agencies’ Inputs on Bioanalysis, Biomarkers, Immunogenicity, Gene & Cell Therapy and Vaccine)
2021 White Paper on Recent Issues in Bioanalysis: Mass Spec…
Kaur S, Alley SC, Szapacs M, Wilson A, Ciccimaro E, Su D, Henderson N, Chen L, Garofolo F, Hengel S, Jian W, Kellie JF, Lee A, Mehl J, Palandra J, Qui H, Savoie N, Shakleya D, Staelens L, Sugimoto H, Sumner G, Welink J, Wheller R, Xue YJ, Zeng J, Zhang J, Zhou H, Wang J, Summerfield S, Kavetska O, Dillen L, Ramanathan R, Baratta M, Edmison A, Ferrari L, Fischer S, Fraier D, Haidar S, Heermeier K, James C, Ji A, Luo L, Santos GML, Post N, Rosenbaum AI, Sporring S, Surapaneni S, Vinter S, Wan KF, Woolf E, Cho SJ, Kossary E, Prior S, Abhari MR, Soo C, Wang YM, Bandukwala A, Cherry E, Cludts I, Ghosh S, Hopper S, Ishii-Watabe A, Kirshner S, Maher K, Maxfield K, Pedras-Vasconcelos J, Saito Y, Smith D, Solstad T, Verthelyi D, Wadhwa M, Wagner L, Waxenecker G, Yan H, Zhang L
2020 White Paper on Recent Issues in Bioanalysis: BMV of Hybrid Assays, Acoustic MS, HRMS, Data Integrity, Endogenous Compounds, Microsampling and Microbiome ( Part 1 – Recommendations on Industry/Regulators Consensus on BMV of Biotherapeutics by LCMS, Advanced Application in Hybrid Assays, Regulatory Challenges in Mass Spec, Innovation in Small Molecules, Peptides and Oligos)
2020 White Paper on Recent Issues in Bioanalysis: BMV of…
Neubert H, Alley SC, Lee A, Jian W, Buonarati M, Edmison A, Garofolo F, Gorovits B, Haidar S, Mylott B, Nouri P, Qian M, Vinter S, Voelker T, Welink J, Wu J, Yang E, Yu H, Evans C, Summerfield S, Wang J, Bateman K, Boer J, Dean B, Dillen L, Faustino P, Ferrari L, Hughes N, Luo L, Olah T, Post N, Spellman DS, Sydor J, Zhang H, Zhang J, Fandozzi C, Fraier D, Beaver CJ, Dandamudi S, Dasgupta A, Elliott R, Ji A, Li W, McGuinness M, Santos GML, Mirza T, Savoie N, Shakleya D, Sporring S, Stojdl S, Sundman P, Tampal N, Woolf E
2019 White Paper On Recent Issues in Bioanalysis: FDA BMV Guidance, ICH M10 BMV Guideline and Regulatory Inputs ( Part 2 – Recommendations on 2018 FDA BMV Guidance, 2019 ICH M10 BMV Draft Guideline and Regulatory Agencies’ Input on Bioanalysis, Biomarkers and Immunogenicity)
2019 White Paper On Recent Issues in Bioanalysis: FDA BMV…
Booth B, Stevenson L, Pillutla R, Buonarati M, Beaver C, Fraier D, Garofolo F, Haidar S, Islam R, James C, Kadavil J, Kavetska O, Li F, Satterwhite C, Savoie N, Subramaniam S, Tampal N, Thway T, Woolf E, Blaye OL, Andisik M, Briscoe C, Dasgupta A, Fischer S, Hayes R, Kamerud J, Santos GML, Nehls C, Soo C, Vinter S, Whale E, Xu K, Cho SJ, Edmison A, Kassim S, Rocha TC, Welink J, Amur S, Bandukwala A, Cherry E, Hopper S, Ishii-Watabe A, Kirshner S, Maher K, Pedras-Vasconcelos J, Saito Y, Saunders TS, Skibeli V, Verthelyi D, Wang YM, Yan H
2018 White Paper on Recent Issues in Bioanalysis: ‘A global bioanalytical community perspective on last decade of incurred samples reanalysis (ISR)’ (Part 1 – small molecule regulated bioanalysis, small molecule biomarkers, peptides & oligonucleotide bioanalysis)
2018 White Paper on Recent Issues in Bioanalysis: ‘A global…
Welink J, Xu Y, Yang E, Wilson A, Henderson N, Luo L, Fraser S, Kavita U, Musuku A, James C, Fraier D, Zhang Y, Goykhman D, Summerfield S, Woolf E, Verhaeghe T, Hughes N, Behling A, Brown K, Bulychev A, Buonarati M, Cherry E, Cho SJ, Cludts I, Dillen L, Dodge R, Edmison A, Garofolo F, Green R, Haidar S, Hottenstein C, Ishii-Watabe A, Jang HG, Ji A, Jones B, Kassim S, Ma M, Santos GML, Norris DA, Owen T, Piccoli S, Ramanathan R, Röhl I, Rosenbaum AI, Saito Y, Sangster T, Savoie N, Stebbins C, Sydor J, de Merbel Nv, Verthelyi D, Vinter S, Whale E
2018 White Paper on Recent Issues in Bioanalysis: focus on immunogenicity assays by hybrid LBA/LCMS and regulatory feedback (Part 2 – PK, PD & ADA assays by hybrid LBA/LCMS & regulatory agencies’ inputs on bioanalysis, biomarkers and immunogenicity)
2018 White Paper on Recent Issues in Bioanalysis: focus on…
Neubert H, Olah T, Lee A, Fraser S, Dodge R, Laterza O, Szapacs M, Alley SC, Saad OM, Amur S, Chen L, Cherry E, Cho SJ, Cludts I, Donato LD, Edmison A, Ferrari L, Garofolo F, Haidar S, Hopper S, Hottenstein S, Ishii-Watabe A, Kassim S, Kurki P, Miscoria G, Palandra J, Pedras-Vasconcelos J, Piccoli S, Rogstad S, Saito Y, Santos GML, Savoie N, Sikorski T, Spitz S, Staelens L, Verthelyi D, Vinter S, Wadhwa M, Wang YM, Welink J, Weng N, Whale E, Woolf E, Wu J, Yan H, Yuan H, Zhou S
2017 White Paper: rise of hybrid LBA/LCMS immunogenicity assays (Part 2: hybrid LBA/LCMS biotherapeutics, biomarkers & immunogenicity assays and regulatory agencies’ inputs)
2017 White Paper: rise of hybrid LBA/LCMS immunogenicity assays (Part…
Neubert H, Song A, Lee A, Wei C, Duggan J, Xu K, Woolf E, Evans C, Palandra J, Laterza O, Amur S, Berger I, Bustard M, Cancilla M, Chen SC, Cho SJ, Ciccimaro E, Cludts I, Cocea L, D’Arienzo C, Danan-Leon L, Donato LD, Garofolo F, Haidar S, Ishii-Watabe A, Jiang H, Kadavil J, Kassim S, Kurki P, Blaye OL, Liu K, Mathews R, Santos GML, Niwa M, Pedras-Vasconcelos J, Qian M, Rago B, Saad O, Saito Y, Savoie N, Su D, Szapacs M, Tampal N, Vinter S, Wang J, Welink J, Whale E, Wilson A, Xue YJ
2017 White Paper on recent issues in bioanalysis: aren’t BMV guidance/guidelines ‘Scientific’? (Part 1 – LCMS: small molecules, peptides and small molecule biomarkers)
2017 White Paper on recent issues in bioanalysis: aren’t BMV…
Welink J, Yang E, Hughes N, Rago B, Woolf E, Sydor J, Coppola L, Ackermann B, Li W, Alley SC, Arnold M, Berger I, Briscoe C, Buonarati M, Bustard M, Cancilla M, Cho SJ, Duggan J, Fraier D, Garofolo F, Green R, Haidar S, Hittle L, Ishii-Watabe A, Islam R, Jenkins R, Jones B, Kadavil J, Kassim S, Kavetska O, Blaye OL, Lee A, Liu H, Mehl J, Santos GML, Musuku A, Ramanathan R, Saito Y, Savoie N, Summerfield S, Surapaneni S, Szapacs M, Tampal N, Verhaeghe T, Vinter S, Whale E
2016 White Paper on recent issues in bioanalysis: focus on biomarker assay validation (BAV): (Part 2 – Hybrid LBA/LCMS and input from regulatory agencies)
2016 White Paper on recent issues in bioanalysis: focus on…
Song A, Lee A, Garofolo F, Kaur S, Duggan J, Evans C, Palandra J, Donato LD, Xu K, Bauer R, Bustard M, Chen L, Cocea L, Croft S, Galliccia F, Haidar S, Hughes N, Ishii-Watabe A, Islam R, Jones B, Kadavil J, Krantz C, Santos GML, Olah T, Pedras-Vasconcelos J, Staelens L, Saito Y, Savoie N, Scheibner K, Spitz S, Tampal N, Thomas E, Vinter S, Wakelin-Smith J, Welink J, Zeng J, Zhou S
2016 White Paper on recent issues in bioanalysis: focus on biomarker assay validation (BAV): (Part 3 – LBA, biomarkers and immunogenicity)
2016 White Paper on recent issues in bioanalysis: focus on…
Richards S, Amaravadi L, Pillutla R, Birnboeck H, Torri A, Cowan KJ, Papadimitriou A, Garofolo F, Satterwhite C, Piccoli S, Wu B, Krinos-Fiorotti C, Allinson J, Berisha F, Cocea L, Croft S, Fraser S, Galliccia F, Gorovits B, Gupta S, Gupta V, Haidar S, Hottenstein C, Ishii-Watabe A, Jani D, Kadavil J, Kamerud J, Kramer D, Litwin V, Santos GML, Nelson R, Ni Y, Pedras-Vasconcelos J, Qiu Y, Rhyne P, Safavi A, Saito Y, Savoie N, Scheibner K, Schick E, Siguenza PY, Smeraglia J, Staack RF, Subramanyam M, Sumner G, Thway T, Uhlinger D, Ullmann M, Vitaliti A, Welink J, Whiting CC, Xue L, Zeng R
2016 White Paper on recent issues in bioanalysis: focus on biomarker assay validation (BAV) (Part 1 – small molecules, peptides and small molecule biomarkers by LCMS)
2016 White Paper on recent issues in bioanalysis: focus on…
Yang E, Welink J, Cape J, Woolf E, Sydor J, James C, Goykhman D, Arnold M, Addock N, Bauer R, Buonarati M, Ciccimaro E, Dodda R, Evans C, Garofolo F, Hughes N, Islam R, Nehls C, Wilson A, Briscoe C, Bustard M, Coppola L, Croft S, Drexler D, Ferrari L, Fraier D, Jenkins R, Kadavil J, King L, Li W, Musuku A, Santos GML, Ramanathan R, Saito Y, Savoie N, Summerfield S, Sun R, Tampal N, Vinter S, Wakelin-Smith J, Yue Q