Taking the lead…
The open source collaboration to fine small molecule inhibitors of SARS-COV2 protease moves on at considerable pace. A large multi-national team of chemists have been submitting ideas for a couple of months and the project requires someone to step into a leading role to co-ordinate. MedChemica is pleased that our own Ed Griffen stepped up and took on the role. This lead medicinal chemist role will have responsibilities to ensure data capture, quality in chemistry, co-ordinate and priorities work out of the vast pool of ideas and communication.
Career so far…
Ed started his career in drug discovery more than 20 years ago and worked in anti-infectives for first part of his career, which gives him the expertise required for Covid_moonshot. He later worked in oncology lead hunting, and kick started several programs that went on to progress to later stage work. In 2012 he was a co-founder of MedChemica with the aim of bringing Matched Molecular Pair Analysis to the world.
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