I am a drug discovery leader with broad experience in drug discovery, stretching through research, discovery, development, and commercialisation. During my career I have researched anti-bacterials, antivirals, oncology, and central nervous system diseases, working within pharmaceutical companies, academic research institutes and large scale CDMOs. As Senior Director of Drug Enabling Sciences my teams include Medicinal, Computational and Process Chemistry, as well as GMP Analytical Development and Pharmaceutical Sciences. My department delivers results across the full drug discovery and development pipeline from research through the clinical phases and into commercialisation. Bial’s R&D centre in Portugal is staffed by international teams of highly qualified people. It comprises chemists, pharmacologists, biochemists, physicians and pharmacists, all of whom are dedicated to finding new drugs, particularly in neurosciences. Our scientific team centralizes all the areas involved in the process of finding new medicinal products: chemical, pharmacological and clinical investigation. We collaborate with investigators and scientists from universities, industry and research centres to deliver the best solutions to health professionals, patients and their families.