Ralf Glatthar

Executive Director External Drug Discovery at Novartis

Basel, Basel, Switzerland

About

An experienced medicinal chemist and drug hunter with two decades research experience in the pharmaceutical industry and proven track-record of achievements from early target validation up to clinical candidate nomination. Key expertise covers a wide range of cross-functional drug discovery domains including latest technologies in chemistry and biology. Core managerial competencies comprise people leadership, organizational management, strategic planning and strong interpersonal and communication skills. My philosophy: Dream big, be brave and passionate, deliver in extraordinary ways.

Experience

  • Scientific Interface External Drug Discovery at Novartis Institute For Biomedical Research
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Novartis (10 yrs 6 mos)
    • Scientific Area Leader - Liver Disease Chemistry
      Jun 2015 - Oct 2024 · 9 yrs 5 mos

      Portfolio, interface and people responsibility

    • Group Leader
      May 2014 - Jun 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Scientific portfolio and people responsibility for different autoimmunity and inflammation projects.

  • Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) (12 yrs 3 mos)
    • Program Team Head
      Sep 2004 - Mar 2014 · 9 yrs 7 mos

      Led multiple small to large size projects at different preclinical stages of the drug discovery process. Scientific and operational leadership of cross-functional and chemistry teams Project and stakeholder management

    • Laboratory Head
      2002 - Sep 2004 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      Global Discovery Chemistry, Neuroscience