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Charles Fong
Daniel J. O'Connell
Suman Rakhit, PhD
Jamie Stiff

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Suman Rakhit, PhD, CSO, NeurAxon Inc.

Founder and CEO of MCR Research Inc. a medicinal chemistry CRO. Former Director of the Medicinal Chemistry at Allelix Biopharmaceuticals and BioMega-Boehringher Ingelheim.  More than 37 years experience in drug discovery and development.  Co-discovered Rapamycin, an anti-rejection drug, at Ayerst Laboratories.  Discovered anti-migraine drug ALX-646, an antimigraine drug currently undergoing Phase 2 clinical trials by Allelix.  Responsible for the dopaminergic antagonist program for the treatment of Schizophrenia which was licensed to Aventis for over C$50 million in 1995. Part of a team which established Bio-Mega and its research programs, eventually acquired by Boehringer-Ingelheim.  More than 70 publications and 25 patents in synthetic chemistry and lead optimization.

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