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Careers in Discovery is your window into the world of Pharma & Biotech. Featuring interviews each week with leaders in Drug Discovery and R&D, youβll learn about the careers of these influential figures, the work they are doing, how they got to where they are and what advice theyβd give their younger selves. Brought to you by Singular: Building Brilliant Biotechs. Connect with us at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/singular-biotech/ www.singular-biotech.com
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Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Paolo Vicini, Confo Therapeutics
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
"When you think about it, developing therapeutics is a very complex human endeavor. I sometimes liken it to building a plane - you have all this different expertise that has to come together in the right place, at the right time, for the right compound."
Paolo Vicini is the Chief Development Officer at Confo Therapeutics. His career has taken him around the world and from the early days of computational biology to developing translational research programs to deliver drugs to patients.
Paolo took us on a tour of his career, including:
π His decision to leave academia after getting tenure
π His observations on science as an international discipline
π Why, in the end, it's all about the people
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