Drug discovery: collaborations between CROs and the pharmaceutical industry

19 June: 09:00 - 09:30

Dr Vicky Steadman, Business Line Leader - Integrated Drug Discovery, Eurofins Discovery

ABSTRACT

Drug discovery: Collaborations between CROs and the Pharmaceutical Industry

The role of CROs in supporting the drug discovery industry has evolved from providing pairs of hands to carry out certain simple pre-designated tasks to provide solutions to customer’s challenges and now are evolving further to provide innovation in the form of project ideas. Collaborative partnerships on integrated drug discovery projects are now common in the drug discovery landscape. This presentation will cover the advantages of outsourcing, business models, integrated outsourcing vs using many specialist providers, trends in the outsourcing environment and strategic alliances between CROs.

BIOGRAPHY

Vicky carried out a PhD and post-doc in total synthesis of macrocyclic natural products at Cambridge University with Prof Ian Paterson and at U Penn with Prof Amos B. Smith, III. Her industrial career initiated at Merck (Terling’s Park) working on neuroscience targets. She then moved to GlaxoSmithKline (Harlow) focussing on anti-infectives and anti-inflammatories. Upon joining Selcia in 2008, she rose from Senior Scientist to Director of Discovery. Upon Selcia’s acquisition by Eurofins in 2017, she has become general manager of Eurofins Discovery and additionally taken on a global role as Business Line Leader of Integrated Drug Discovery Services at Eurofins Discovery. Vicky has a strong track record in innovative medicinal chemistry, and has delivered multiple pre-clinical candidates for customers. She is named on around 30 papers and patents and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

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