Prof. Rowland is Founder of and Partner in NDA Partners. He is Professor Emeritus and former Dean, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester and Adjunct Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco. Recognized as an innovator and world leader in the fields of pharmacokinetics and biopharmaceutics, he is Founder and former Director of Medeval Ltd. (a CRO), was Vice-President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation and past-President of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and is the recipient of the 2007 ACCP Distinguished Investigator Award.