Uwe Grether

Organic chemist with PhD and long standing professional experience in drug discovery and development with a strong focus on holistic approaches toward a clinical end-goal; Highly skilled and experienced laboratory and project team leader with proven track record reaching advanced stages up to phase 3 clinical trials with multiple new molecular entities; Strong background on different target classes, a broad variety of indications, chemical biology, chemical probes and late stage functionalization; Expertise in due diligences; Lead of academic as well as industrial external collaborations and intrapreneur of novel technologies for project and platform applications; Author of more than 190 patents, research publications and book chapters; Renowned speaker at international conferences; Reputation for passionate, integrative and collaborative leadership style resulting in delivery of superior results. Mentor of students, postdocs and scientists. Record of scientific innovation and influence.