Cedric Lau graduated from Utrecht University with a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2013) and subsequently completed the Master's programme in Pharmacy (2016). After graduation, he worked as a pharmacist at the Pharmacy Department of Leiden University Medical Center before beginning his hospital pharmacy residency at Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Dordrecht later that year. In October 2020, Cedric started his PhD research under the supervision of Prof Dr Alwin D.R. Huitema, Prof Dr Catherijne A.J. Knibbe, Dr C. van Kesteren, and Dr Robert M. Smeenk. Alongside his work as a hospital pharmacist with focus on Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM), toxicology, and infectious diseases, his research focused on time-dependent pharmacokinetic changes following metabolic and bariatric surgery.

Since late 2024, Cedric has been working for Scheldezoom Farmacie at Admiraal de Ruyter Hospital in Goes. His current areas of practice include clinical trials, oncology/haematology and TDM/toxicology. Since 2018, he has been a member of a Dutch multidisciplinary Expert Working Group that develops national consensus-based recommendations for patients with obesity and/or following metabolic and bariatric surgery.