Werner Neidhart

Expert Scientist, PhD

Basel, Basel, Switzerland

About

Lead chemist with expertise in various target classes: immunoproteasomes, proteases, transporters, nucleases, polymerases, dehydrogenases, reductases, lipases, esterases, GPCRs. Disease area experience: cardiovascular & metabolism, virology, inflammation, neurodegeneration, immuno-oncology. Senior Industrial Science Award 2014 of the Swiss Chemical Society.

Experience

  • Medicinal Chemistry at University of Basel
    Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

    Joint Project with Aukera Therapeutics

  • Medicinal Chemistry at LeadXpro AG
    Mar 2019 - Jul 2025 · 6 yrs 5 mos

  • Expert Scientist at Roche
    Apr 1985 - Feb 2019 · 33 yrs 11 mos

    Preclinical research, medicinal chemistry, in the areas of cardiovascular, metabolic, infectious, inflammatory diseases and immuno-oncology as team and project leader. Experience to lead project teams in global set-ups, with external partners in biology and chemistry and with CROs. Holding over 100 patents and publications.