Hayley Binch
Hoffman-La Roche

Biography
Dr Hayley Binch is Head of Medicinal 91AV at Hoffmann-La Roche in Basel. She obtained her PhD at the University of Bristol, UK in the field of Organic 91AV, followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Hamburg, Germany and King’s College London. In 1998, she joined the Medicinal 91AV department of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Oxford, focussing on kinase research in the field of Oncology. In 2006, she moved to Vertex San Diego to work on ion channels for pain and cystic fibrosis. In 2016, she joined as a Section Head within Medicinal 91AV at Hoffmann-La Roche in Basel and subsequently became Head of Medicinal 91AV in 2017.
At Roche, the Medicinal 91AV department supports the design and synthesis of small molecules to identify clinical candidates in the areas of Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Neuroscience, Oncology, Ophthalmology and Rare Diseases.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, RSC Medicinal 91AV