Hansjoerg Lehmann's Biography

Hansjoerg Lehmann, Lab Head, Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Limited

Hansjoerg LEHMANN studied chemistry at the University of Stuttgart and received in 1991 his PhD in organic chemistry. After a post-doctoral stay at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) in the group of Prof. Viehe, he started his industrial career in 1992 at the former Hoechst company (Frankfurt, Germany) as a Lab Head in agrochemical research. In 1997 he moved from chemical research to the chemical development of now Aventis Cropscience where he became a technical project leader in chemical process development. In 2003, he joined the Preparation Laboratories of the Novartis Pharma AG at Basel, Switzerland where, as a Lab Head, he is responsible for synthesis of intermediates, building blocks and APIs on a 20 - 500 g scale for medicinal chemists. In 2004 and 2005, an outsourcing process was installed and collaboration with various outsourcing companies was initiated. Since then, this group is working together with 5-7 CROs in order to ensure a reliable support of medicinal chemistry with intermediates and building blocks