Chris J. Van Koppen
Management
ElexoPharmÂ
Germany
Biography
Chris J. van Koppen holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and brings extensive industry experience in drug discovery. Before joining ElexoPharm in January 2012, he served as Leader of four lead optimization projects at Merck Sharp & Dohme (Netherlands). He was responsible for delivery of candidate drugs for preclinical development in endocrinological diseases. Dr. van Koppen was also strongly involved in assay development, HTS, lead finding and proof-of-concept projects. Before working at MSD, Dr. van Koppen was independent group leader at the Universitätsklinikum Essen and received his Habilitation in Pharmacology and Toxicology. He has published almost 70 peer-reviewed research papers, including publications in high IF journals. At ElexoPharm he will lead the preclinical drug discovery projects and will build further alliances with other pharmaceutical companies.
Research Interest
Pharmacology
