Alex Gaither

Vice President and Head of Oncology, USA Site Hea

Alex is Vice President and head of Biology in US for Exscientia. Alex has a long career in drug discovery research work for 18 years at Novartis and the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research and 2.5 years at the LG Chem Life Sciences Innovation Center in Cambridge. During his tenure at Novartis he supported each step of the pharmaceutical pipeline including early research, target discovery, drug discovery, and early translational work. He has contributed to multiple projects that have entered clinical trials and eventually to commercialization for small molecules, biologics, and siRNA therapeutics. While the Vice president and head of the Translational Medicine department at the LG Chem Life Sciences Innovation Center he managed the internal R&D portfolio of LG Chem Life Sciences in Seoul and supported the strategic advancement of collaboration activities for the Innovation Center in Cambridge to help drive new target and platform technology into clinical development.

Talks About
#research #targetdiscovery #drugdiscovery

Preferred Locations
#NorthAmerica