MARGARET BIDDLE
Senior Director Medicinal Chemistry

Margaret is Senior Director of Medicinal Chemistry at Anavo, bringing more than 15 years of experience in medicinal chemistry across the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Prior to joining Anavo, she held scientist- and director-level roles at Astellas Pharmaceuticals, Mitobridge, Rheos Medicines, Entact Bio, and Avilar Therapeutics. She has a successful track record of leading projects from concept and target validation through to clinical candidate nomination across small molecule and heterobifunctional programs in a range of therapeutic areas, including autoimmune, cardiovascular, and rare diseases. Margaret has also contributed to the establishment of new technology platforms and has experience leading external collaborations with pharmaceutical and academic partners. She obtained her PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed postdoctoral studies in synthetic methodology at Northwestern University.