Dr. Michael D. Varney

Nationality
American

Year of Birth
1958

Head Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED)

• B. S. - University of California, Los Angeles, Chemistry, 1980

• Ph.D. - California Institute of Technology, Organic Synthesis, 1985

1985-1987
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Columbia University

1987
Agouron Pharmaceuticals Inc., US, Research Chemist

1992
Agouron Pharmaceuticals Inc., US, Director Medicinal Chemistry

1996
Agouron Pharmaceuticals Inc., US, Senior Director of Chemistry

1997
Agouron Pharmaceuticals Inc., US, Senior Director of Drug Discovery

1997
Agouron Pharmaceuticals Inc., US, Vice President, Head of Research

1999
Agouron Pharmaceuticals Inc., US, Corporate Vice President, Head of Research

2000-2005
Pfizer Global R&D, US, Vice President, Drug Discovery

2005
Genentech Inc., US, Vice President, Small Molecule Drug Discovery

2008
Genentech Inc., US, Senior Vice President, Research, Small Molecule Drug Discovery

2010
Genentech Inc., US, Senior Vice President, Co-Head of Research and Head Small Molecule Discovery

2015
Head Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED)