Gary Eichenbaum | Preclinical Development Leader/Research Fellow
J&J Pharmaceutical R&D, LLC

Dr. Eichenbaum joined Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical R&D, LLC (J&J) in 2002. He is a Preclinical Development Leader/Research Fellow in the department of Drug Safety Sciences. He serves on cross-functional compound development teams and is responsible for directing the Toxicology and DMPK research for early and late development programs including the conduct of studies, writing and filing of regulatory submissions and performing due diligence on in-licensing candidates. Previous roles within J&J have included: head of the US toxicokinetics group and head of a research team at ALZA that was focused on the application of controlled-release drug delivery technologies to differentiate, rescue or reposition NME’s. Prior to joining J&J, Dr. Eichenbaum co-founded and was on the senior leadership team of a small biotechnology company called ChemCodes Inc. (spin-out from GlaxoWellcome), which applied its high-throughput chemistry platform to the discovery and development of NME candidates. His primary scientific interests include safety assessment, pharmacokinetics, elucidation of mechanisms of toxicity, and drug delivery. Dr. Eichenbaum has authored more than 25 publications/patent applications. He holds a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania, a B.S. in Technology Management from the Wharton School, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomaterials/Cell & Biosurface Engineering from Duke University.