Medicinal Chemistry Consultant, Bishop Drug Discovery Consulting, LLC

Mike Bishop started Bishop Drug Discovery Consulting LLC in San Diego in 2019 after 26 years as a medicinal chemist with the pharmaceutical company, GSK. As a consultant, Mike mainly supports small biotechs in their quest for new medicines across multiple therapeutic areas. With GSK, from 2001 to 2014, he directed a department of medicinal chemists and DMPK scientists with a focus on metabolic diseases, identifying ~10 clinical development candidates. From 2014 to 2019, Mike served as a Director in GSK’s Discovery Partnerships with Academia (DPAc) unit, with responsibilities for vetting of research opportunities, building collaborative workplans and leading joint drug discovery research programs with academic investigators. Mike’s passion is to work with expert teams and motivated entrepreneurs and use his expertise to drive therapeutic ideas to meaningful medicines.

Mike earned a B.A. in chemistry from Rice University in Houston, TX, worked in the petrochemical industry with Amoco Chemical in Texas City, TX for two years, and then returned to Rice, earning a PhD in organic chemistry.