Vice President
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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
- Glass Delamination: A Comparison of the Inner Surface Performance of Vials and Pre-filled Syringes, J.
- Zhao, V. Lavalley, P. Mangiagalli, J. M. Wright, T. E. Bankston, AAPS Pharm Sci Tech, 2014, 1398.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.