David Owen
Vice President, ResearchÂÂ
Business Management
Starpharma
Australia
Biography
Dr Owen has extensive experience in medicinal chemistry and biochemistry, and in managing teams focused on commercially directed drug discovery. He has held several positions in the biotech industry including Mimotopes, Cerylid and Glykoz and gathered extensive international experience in biotechnology and pharmaceutical research and development. Since joining Starpharma David has driven the drug delivery programs by developing and executing a number of successful proof-of-concept studies. The results from these studies have led to a number of commercial partnerships such as Stiefel a GSK company, Lilly and AZ, as well as driving Starpharma's own internal drug delivery program focused on an improved dendrimer-docetaxel formulation.
Research Interest
Business Management