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Justin M Wright, PhD
Vice President
  • Eli Lilly & Company
    Lilly Research Labs, Delivery and Device R&D
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
    E-mail: dr.justin.wright@gmail.com

Education

RESEARCH FELLOW Harvard Medical School, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Boston, MA 1998 - 2000
Ph.D. BIO-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Clemson University Clemson, SC 1995 - 2000
B.S. CHEMISTRY, Shenandoah University Winchester, VA 1991 – 1995

Biography

Justin Wright is Vice President, Drug Delivery Innovation at Eli Lilly’s Cambridge Innovation Center. In his current role, he is tasked to identify and develop distinct and novel product systems for Lilly’s pipeline which cuts across diabetes, oncology, pain, autoimmune, and Alzheimer’s disease. Prior to joining Lilly in 2015, Justin spent 8 years at Becton Dickinson where he served in various roles focused on identifying, developing, and commercializing drug delivery systems for the biotech, vaccine, and pharmaceutical industries. Justin began his career at Merck & Company where he spent seven years in roles of increasing responsibility across new product development, product commercialization, and franchise management. Justin holds a PhD in bio-organic chemistry from Clemson University and completed a research fellowship at Harvard Medical School.


Research Interest

  • Identifying, developing, and commercializing drug delivery systems for the biotech, vaccine, and pharmaceutical industries.

Scientific Activities

Employment History
VICE PRESIDENT, DRUG DELIVERY INNOVATION Eli Lilly & Company JUNE 2015 – PRESENT
SENIOR DIRECTOR, WW STRATEGIC INNOVATION Becton, Dickinson, and Company APRIL 2014 – JUNE 2015
DIRECTOR, MARKETING & PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT Becton, Dickinson, and Company DEC 2010 – MARCH 2014
MANAGER, BIO-ANALYTICAL DEVELOPMENT Becton, Dickinson, and Company MAY 2008 – DEC 2010
CORE TEAM LEAD, AMGEN SUPPORT TEAM Becton, Dickinson, and Company MAR 2007 - MAY 2008
SENSITIVE DRUG INITIATIVE, SENIOR ANALYTICAL CHEMIST Becton, Dickinson, and Company FEB 2007 - MAR 2007
MANAGER, PROCESS CHEMISTRY / GLOBAL MMD PROCESS CHEMISTRY TEAM LEAD Merck & Co., Inc OCT 2002 - JAN 2006
Senior PROJECT CHEMIST / MMD PROCESS CHEMISTRY TEAM LEAD Merck & Co., Inc APR 2000 – OCT 2002
Professional Activities
  • Member of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
  • Parenteral Drug Association
  • American Chemical Society, Divisions: Organic, Medicinal, Biological Chemistry, Biochemical Technology
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
Honors And Awards
2002 Special Achievement Award, Merck & Co., Inc., Caspofungin Acetate, Process Start Up and Demonstration
2004 Director’s Special Achievement Award, Merck & Co., Inc., API Outsourcing & Commodities Project
2006 Team Achievement Award, Merck & Co., Inc., Losartan Franchise Management
2010 Selected as BD Lab Strengthening delegate for President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) trip to Ethiopia
2012 Presidents Team Achievement Award, BD Medical – Pharmaceutical Systems
2016 Lilly Research Labs, 2016 Top 100 Innovator Award

Publications

  1. Glass Delamination: A Comparison of the Inner Surface Performance of Vials and Pre-filled Syringes, J.
  2. Zhao, V. Lavalley, P. Mangiagalli, J. M. Wright, T. E. Bankston, AAPS Pharm Sci Tech, 2014, 1398.
  3. Optimizing the bioavailability of subcutaneously administered therapeutics through mechanochemical drivers, J. M. Wright, N. R Thyagarajapuram, R. Sirkar, S. Kapur, M. W. Harrison, D. S. Collins, David J.Bryan, and G. B. Jones, Pharm. Res, 2017, 34, 2000-2011.
  4. Personalizing Drug Delivery: Exploiting the Subcutaneous Revolution, G. B. Jones, D.S. Collins, M. W. Harrison, N. R. Thayagarjapuram, and J. M. Wright, Science Translational Medicine, 2017, 9, eaaf9166. Closing the loop on digital biomarkers, J. M. Wright, O. B. Regele, L. C. Kourtis, S. M. Pszenny, G. B. Jones, NPJ Digital Medicine, submitted.
  5. Composite Digital Monitoring Biomarkers Come of Age: The Framework for Utilization: A Review, J. M.Wright, O. B. Regele, L. C. Kourtis, S. M. Pszenny, G. B. Jones, New England Journal of Medicine, in review.
     
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