Edward (ted) Suh BA, PhD

Edward (Ted) Suh is an experienced pharma executive and medicinal chemist with over 25 years of dedication to drug discovery. Beginning his career at Glaxo, Ted helped advance programs in inflammation, obesity, and diabetes. At Eisai, he held increasing positions of responsibility, including building and leading a multidisciplinary lead finding department that improved project throughput and discovery efficiency.

In this role, Ted also established successful collaborations with outside partners to create new opportunities for drug discovery. Primarily focused on lead discovery and early optimization, with extensive experience in natural product-based drug discovery, Ted has initiated and contributed to projects that have identified clinical candidates in the areas of oncology, obesity, and immunology. Ted received a B.A. in Chemistry from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Harvard University.