About Pharma Launcher
 

 

 

About Pharma Launcher

Pharma Launcher is a collaboration of many companies providing outsourced services needed by drug discovery startups.  These companies are:

Consulting & Project Management

    International Discovery Sourcing Consultants: Outsourcing selection and management services.

Lead Optimization

    Apredica: Preclinical ADME Tox contract research.

    Biomodels: In vivo pre-clinical research and consulting.

    Label Independent: Assay development and high throughput screening.

    pION: Permeability and solubility measurement experts.

    SBH Sciences: Provider of cell-based assays.

Drug Design

    ProXyChem: Structure-based drug-design services.

    Xtal BioStructures: Structural biology contract services .

Chemistry

    AsisChem: Custom chemistry services.

Scientific Management Team

Edward G. Fey, Ph.D.

Dr. Fey is the Managing Partner of Biomodels. He was one of the scientific founders of Matritech, Inc., a publicly traded, cancer diagnostic company. Prior to co-founding Biomodels, Dr. Fey also worked for Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the Office of Technology Transfer, assisting researchers in the area of sponsored research and licensing.

Dr. Fey received his B.S. with Honors from the University of Michigan, and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University College London, England. Dr. Fey completed his Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Department of Biology.

Katherine Tsaioun, Ph.D.

Dr. Tsaioun is the founder and President of Apredica. Before founding Apredica she managed e-ADMET outsourcing and built in-house e-ADMET programs and teams at Mitotix/GPC Biotech, Surface Logix, and NitroMed. She received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Tufts University and completed post-doctoral training at Harvard University. She received her M.S. from St. Petersburg State Technical University.

Business Management

Douglas C. Bates, M.S., M.B.A.

Mr. Bates is the founder and Principal of Aderit Marketing Consulting. He has been a marketing professional since 1986 serving in marketing management at Aquent, Signet, Providian Insurance, and The Franklin Mint. He received his A.B. in Psychology from Dartmouth College, his M.B.A. in Marketing and Quantitative Methods from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, and an M.S. in Organizational Theory from the University of Pennsylvania.

 

 
 
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