Hayley Binch

Biography

Dr Hayley Binch is Head of Medicinal Chemistry at Hoffmann-La Roche in Basel. She obtained her PhD at the University of Bristol, UK in the field of Organic Chemistry, followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Hamburg, Germany and King’s College London. In 1998, she joined the Medicinal Chemistry department of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Oxford, focussing on kinase research in the field of Oncology. In 2006, she moved to Vertex San Diego to work on ion channels for pain and cystic fibrosis. In 2016, she joined as a Section Head within Medicinal Chemistry at Hoffmann-La Roche in Basel and subsequently became Head of Medicinal Chemistry in 2017.

At Roche, the Medicinal Chemistry department supports the design and synthesis of small molecules to identify clinical candidates in the areas of Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Neuroscience, Oncology, Ophthalmology and Rare Diseases.

RSC affiliations

• Editorial board, RSC Medicinal Chemistry