Robert Hughes
VP, Head of Molecular Discovery
Business and Management
Disarm Therapeutics
United Kingdom
Biography
Robert is Head of Molecular Discovery at Disarm Therapeutics. He has more than 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to joining Disarm, Robert was a Senior Associate Director and Senior Research Fellow at Boehringer-Ingelheim and prior to that a Senior Principal Scientist at Pfizer. Robert has contributed to the delivery of two novel drug candidates into clinical-proof-of concept trials and to the identification and development of >15 clinical candidates across multiple therapeutic areas. He is the author of over 45 patents and peer-reviewed publications. He earned his PhD in synthetic organic chemistry under the guidance of Professor K.C. Nicolaou at the Scripps Research Institute and a BS in chemistry and mathematics from the University of Arizona.
Research Interest
Business and Management
