Dr Darren McKerrecher

Darren obtained his Chemistry degree at Edinburgh, and completed his D.Phil with Richard Taylor at York. He joined Zeneca, now AstraZeneca, at Alderley Park in 1997. He has been involved in a number of projects in disease areas as diverse as cancer, diabetes, obesity, asthma and COPD, and is co-author of more than 50 papers and patents.
From 2006-2008, Darren undertook a secondment in AZ Lund (Sweden), before returning to Alderley Park where he is now Associate Director of Medicinal Chemistry, Project Leader and responsible for chemistry outsourcing in the Oncology iMED.