FBLD 2008 Speakers

David Rees, Ph.D.

David Rees is Vice-President of Medicinal Chemistry at Astex Therapeutics. Prior to Astex, he had 19 years experience as a drug discovery chemist in the pharmaceutical industry, working with Parke-Davis, Organon and, most recently, AstraZeneca where he held the position of Director and Head of the Medicinal Chemistry Department with some 140 staff at the research and development laboratories, Mölndal, Sweden. He has served on various University positions, editorial boards and international conference committees, he has over 75 publications and patents and is a joint recipient of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Malcolm Campbell award in 2007 for the discovery of the anesthesia drug, Sugammadex.