NovAliX Names Dr Luc Van Hijfte as CSO Drug Discovery
NovAliX has announced that it has appointed pharma research executive Dr Luc Van Hijfte as CSO Drug Discovery.
Dr. Van Hijfte brings a wealth of experience in pharmaceutical research with over 25 years spent in drug discovery. He joined from Janssen, a J&J company, where he served as Head of Medicinal Chemistry EU with responsibility over European based chemical sciences and ADMET. During this tenure, that included responsibility as site head of the Janssen-Cilag Research Center in Val de Reuil, Dr Van Hijfte has been privileged to contribute to several successful projects with numerous programs entering into clinical development in the areas of Neurosciences, Oncology and Infectious Diseases, with compounds up to phase III level, the most advanced being the anti-tuberculosis compound TMC 207 currently being reviewed by the FDA for market authorization. Prior to that Dr Van Hijfte had responsibilities at Hoechst Marion Roussel, subsequently at Sanofi as Head of chemistry of the Strasbourg research center. Luc Van Hijfte earned his PhD in organic synthetic chemistry from the University of Gent under the supervision of Pr. M. Vandewalle, and has completed a post-doctoral training at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the laboratory of Pr. R.D. Little.
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