Nicholas A. Meanwell, Ph.D.

“Designing Around Problematic Fuctionalities in Drug Discovery”

Dr. Nicholas A. Meanwell, Ph.D. joined Bristol Myers Squibb in 1982 and retired in 2022 after having led drug discovery programs in the cardiovascular, neurosciences and virology therapeutic areas, work that resulted in the advancement of 33 clinical candidates. Nick and his team were involved in the design and development of flindokalner (MaxiPost®) (P3 for the treatment of stroke), the HIV-1 attachment inhibito fostemsavir (RukobiaTM), the HIV-1 maturation inhibitors BMS-955176, fipravirimat and  zegruvirimat, the HCV NS5A inhibitor daclatasvir (DaklinzaTM), the HCV NS3 protease inhibitors BMS-605339 and asunaprevir (SunvepraTM), and the HCV NS5B inhibitor beclabuvir, marketed as XymencyTM, a fixed dose combination with daclatasvir and asunaprevir.