Babu Boga
Vice President of Medicinal Chemistry, Integrated Drug Discovery @Bioduro
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WORK HISTORY
Vice President of Medicinal Chemistry, Integrated Drug Discovery @Bioduro
Facilitate Faster and Efficient Integrated Drug Discovery.Building a Strategic Collaboration Based on Trust, Quality, and Deliverables for long-term Success.
EDUCATION
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Doctor of Philosophy
Scripps Research
Post Doctoral, Total Synthesis of Natural Products under Prof. Dale Boger
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium & Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, France
Post Doctoral, Heterocycle Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry under Prof. Léon Ghosez
ABOUT BABU BOGA
Dr. Babu Boga, Ph.D, is Vice President of Medicinal Chemistry at BioDuro (a global CRDMO) brings deep expertise in Medicinal Chemistry driving Integrated Drug Discovery, Capabilities and Strategic growth. Dr. Boga has over two decades of experience in Drug Discovery, spanning in both pharmaceutical companies—including Merck and Schering-Plough (20••••18)—and innovative biotech firms such as Zentalis (20••••25).Dr. Boga earned his Ph.D.(2001; Best-PhD Thesis Award)) in Organic Chemistry and Carbohydrate Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras under the mentorship of Prof. K.K. Balasubramanian. He completed postdoctoral research (20••••03) in Heterocycles and Medicinal Chemistry at Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium and IECB, France under Prof. Léon Ghosez, followed by a fellowship (20••••05) in Total Synthesis of Natural Products at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, US under Prof. Dale Boger.Throughout his career, Dr. Boga has driven drug discovery across multiple therapeutic areas and modalities (Small molecules, Peptides, PROTACs and Carbohydrates, etc.). He is a co-inventor of several clinical candidates, including MK-8353/SCH-900353—Discovery of an orally bioavailable and dual mechanism ERK1/2 inhibitor targeting the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway in oncology. With over 64 publications and patents to his name, Dr. Boga exemplifies scientific innovation, strategic leadership, and a commitment to advancing human health.
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