Senior Director, in vitro Biology, DMPK & Analytical Services
NuChem Sciences, a Sygnature Discovery, CRO, Canada
Prior to joining NuChem Sciences, Kathryn Skorey was Senior Research Associate (Biology) at Merck Frosst Canada in Montreal. After over 20 years at Merck, she joined NuChem Sciences, a Sygnature Discovery contract research organization specializing in Medicinal Chemistry and Biology. Kathryn has broad expertise in protein chemistry including enzymology, mechanism of action studies and assay development. She has over 30 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical and CRO industry with a sound knowledge of the preclinical drug discovery process from target identification to lead optimization spanning several therapeutic areas (respiratory, inflammation, diabetes, obesity, and infectious diseases) and has over 40 publications in peer reviewed journals. As a Senior Director at Nuchem, she manages the in vitro biochemistry, DMPK and analytical support departments mentoring the new generation of industrial scientists.