Brian McFerran

Brian has more than 25 year’s experience in pharmaceutical research & development with over 15 years of those within preclinical drug discovery. He attained his PhD in Molecular Pharmacology from the University of St Andrews before undertaking post-doctoral positions at the University of Liverpool and University of Glasgow. During this time, he was a co-author or more than 15 peer reviewed publications. Brian previously worked within Organon, Schering Plough & MSD as a Senior Scientist gaining expertise across a diverse range of technologies, target classes and therapeutic areas. His projects spanned the full range of preclinical research from target discovery to clinical candidate selection. Laterally Brian led project management teams within contract research and innovation organisations providing services to clients ranging from start-ups to major pharma. As well as managing the teams, he was directly responsible for the successful delivery of over 25 projects.