Chikwendu Ibebunjo PhD

Chikwendu is an in-vivo pharmacologist in the pharmaceutical industry with over 15 years of experience leading pre-clinical drug development projects (low molecular weight and biologics) with emphasis on establishing and implementing strategies for pre-clinical to clinical translation, and facilitating multidisciplinary (drug metabolism, safety, translational medicine, regulatory, legal, external partners, etc.) activities to advance drug candidates from early exploratory phases towards clinical trials.
He Proven record of providing strategic and pragmatic direction to establish and implement clinically relevant in-vivo models and endpoints of skeletal muscle and other diseases with enhanced translatability to the clinic. Highly self-motivated, with excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication and strategic anticipatory skills.