Senior Management

The Pharmaceutical Management Service Team at Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences:

Gordon Dow, Pharm. D.

Founder & Chief Technical Officer

For almost 30 years, Dr. Gordon Dow has been spearheading the organization's evolution into an internationally recognized, topical product development company.

Prior to founding Dow Dermatologics in 1977, Gordon served as Vice President of Research and Development at Ingram Pharmaceuticals; a company later acquired by Syntex, where he developed seven commercially successful products, including four dermatologicals.

Dr. Dow holds a doctorate in pharmacy from the University of California in San Francisco. Gordon's keen sense of balance between science and business has been a key component in Dow’s service and has been a cornerstone in the added value in pharmaceutical management services and products that we provide our customers.

Karen Yu, Ph.D.

General Manager

Karen is Executive Director and Acting General Manager with a background in pharmaceutical product development and 11 years of Project Management experience at Dow. She holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences and a B.S. in Pharmacy.