Kim Huynh-Ba

Managing Director, Pharmalytik LLC; Adjunct Professor, RA-QA, Temple University-School of Pharmacy


Kim Huynh-Ba is the Managing Director of Pharmalytik, LLC, a consulting and training organization. She has over 30-years of experience in Validation, Audits, Data Integrity, Quality Systems, CMC, Analytical Lifecycle, and Stability Sciences. She is a Council of Experts of US Pharmacopeia (2015-2025), where she chairs the Small Molecules IV Expert Committee. She is also a member of the USP Drug-Device Combination Products Sub-Committee. Kim is a former President and Distinguished Board Member of the Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS). She is chairing the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) career committee and was named Fellow since 2020. Kim has served on various editorial boards such as AAPS Open and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal. Her extensive experience and involvement in various aspects of the pharmaceutical industry highlights her commitment to advance quality standards and best practices in the field.

Kim is an Adjunct Professor at Temple University-School of Pharmacy and Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), where she teaches GMPs, Quality Audit, ICH quality guidelines, and Pharmaceutical Analysis for their Regulatory Quality and Compliance Programs. She has authored close to fifty articles and is the editor of several book volumes, “Handbook of Stability Testing of Pharmaceutical products,” “Stability Testing to Support Global Markets,” and the textbook “Analytical Testing for the Pharmaceutical GMP laboratories.” Overall, Kim’s multifaceted roles reflect a strong dedication to education, quality, and compliance within the pharmaceutical industry.