Paul McGrane

Who is Paul McGrane?

Paul McGrane has sixteen years of experience in the research and development of pharmaceutical agents. He joined CellGate as its first hire in chemistry and assumed the lead role in development efforts at CellGate, with primary oversight of the outsourcing of the preclinical, CMC and clinical functions. From late 1994 through 1998 Dr. McGrane worked first for Pfizer (Groton, CT) and then for Roche Bioscience (Palo Alto, CA). His duties included the development of scalable processes for the manufacture of molecules of pharmaceutical interest. Previous to this, Dr. McGrane spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University where he played a vital role in designing and executing a total synthesis of the chemotherapeutic agent Taxol®. He received his PhD in chemistry from Montana State University and his B.S. degree in chemistry from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Dr. McGrane is a Registered Patent Agent and one of Lumen's founders.