Nandini Kishore

Nandini Kishore, Ph.D., joined BioGenerator as an Entrepreneur in Residence in 2012. Nandini has 25 years of experience in Drug Discovery, Development and Translational Medicine and has over fifty scientific publications. Currently, an Independent consultant, she maintains active interactions with Drug Discovery and Development teams both nationally and internationally in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology companies, and serves on the scientific advisory board of several start-up Life-Science companies globally. Nandini has led drug discovery groups in the Inflammation research unit of Pfizer Global Research and Development. Her group was responsible for delivering new drug candidates from idea to clinical proof of concept (POC) including both small molecules and biologics. Additionally, she provided research leadership for a late stage drug candidate, a small molecule inhibitor of Janus family of kinases working closely with the Clinical and Regulatory teams. This drug candidate has completed global Phase III clinical trials for Rheumatoid Arthritis and has been submitted for Regulatory review by the FDA. Nandini received her B.Sc and M.Sc from the University of Delhi, India and Ph.D from the University of Texas at Austin, in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Following postdoctoral training in Washington University Medical School in St. Louis in the Departments of Biochemistry and Genetics, she joined Monsanto/Searle in 1986, as a Research Scientist. Monsanto/Searle merged with Pharmacia in 2000 and subsequently with Pfizer in 2003. Nandini has held positions of increasing responsibility during this transition and most recently served as an Executive Director in the Inflammation Research Division in St. Louis.