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Mike Waring

Newcastle University

Biography

Mike Waring is Chair of Medicinal ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ at Newcastle University and Head of ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ for the Cancer Research UK Newcastle Drug Discovery Unit.  He was previously Principal Scientist in Medicinal ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ at AstraZeneca. He has worked mainly in the areas of diabetes and oncology and his work has contributed to the discovery of 14 drug candidates, including the marketed EGFR inhibitor osimertinib (Tagrissoâ„¢). 

He has made significant contributions to the field in many areas, perhaps most notably property-based optimisation, covalent inhibition, novel binding modes and new methods of hit generation.  He is a 2018 American Chemical Society Hero of ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ and recipient of the 2017 RSC Malcolm Campbell Medal.  He is an elected fellow of the ÀË»¨Ö±²¥.

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