Dave Madge

Dave Madge

Vice President, Research Service Division, WuXi AppTec

Dr Dave Madge is Vice President of the Research Services Division in WuXi AppTec. In this role Dave leads a portfolio of drug discovery initiatives across multiple therapeutic areas and modalities. Prior to joining WuXi AppTec, in 2014, Dave was VP, Research, for the ion channel drug discovery company Xention Ltd, in Cambridge, UK, developing new molecules for cardiovascular and respiratory disorders. Before Xention Dave was based at University College London, as part of an integrated biomedical research group, and was responsible for developing new therapeutic discovery projects into funded biotech companies. Dave has a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from Imperial College, London, and started his career at The Wellcome Foundation in the medicinal chemistry team.

In this presentation we will discuss recent advances in antimicrobial drug discovery, and how the platforms developed at WuXi AppTec have been developed to reflect this and to support diverse discovery organisations operating in this therapeutic area.