Dr. Meshack Odenyo

Dr. Meshack Oiro Odenyo is a pharmaceutical manufacturing and regulatory affairs leader with over 20 years of experience advancing vaccine and medicines production across Africa. He holds a BSc in Pharmacy (First Class Honours), an Advanced Diploma in Industrial Pharmacy, and an MSc in Biotechnology Innovation and Regulatory Science from Purdue University, USA, where he is currently pursuing a PhD. He also serves as Adjunct Faculty at Mount Kenya University, training future professionals in GMP, pharmaceutical technology, and regulatory compliance.

His career bridges hands-on manufacturing with senior technical roles in international and donor organizations, including UNIDO, USAID, and CHMP. As Lead GMP Expert Auditor for CHMP, he has conducted compliance audits of African pharmaceutical manufacturers against WHO GMP and ICH standards and has qualified suppliers for over 47 donor agencies. He has overseen lifecycle management for more than 285 registered products across 15 African regulatory authorities, supported WHO Prequalification projects, and played a pivotal role in Kenya’s Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 vaccines, coordinating registration, pharmacovigilance, and post-market surveillance.

At Kenya BioVax Institute, Dr. Odenyo brings this unique blend of manufacturing depth, audit expertise, and international regulatory experience to strengthen the Institute’s mission of building a robust, globally competitive vaccine manufacturing ecosystem. His leadership ensures that KBI delivers safe, quality-assured vaccines and biologicals to meet Kenya’s and Africa’s public health needs.