Nicholas Meanwell PhD

Dr. Nicholas Meanwell, who retired in October 2022, was a Scientific Vice President in the Department of Small Molecule Drug Discovery at Bristol Myers Squibb. Over his 40-year career at BMS, he has led drug discovery programs in the cardiovascular, neurosciences, and virology therapeutic areas, research that has resulted in the advancement of 33 clinical candidates for the prevention of thrombosis, the treatment of stroke (MaxiPost), and therapy for viral infections, including RSV, HIV-1 (Rukobia), and HCV (Daklinza, Sunvepra, Xymency). He is the author of more than 300 publications and is named as an inventor on more than 140 issued U.S. Patents. Among his many contributions to the medicinal chemistry community and awards received, he is the current Perspectives Editor for the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, he was inducted into the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame in 2015, was the recipient of the 2015 Philip S. Portoghese Medicinal Chemistry Lectureship Award and the 2022 Alfred Burger Award in Medicinal Chemistry. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Chemical Society.