- Design of effective therapeutic molecules

- Early discovery chemistry triage to candidate developability

- Lead optimization, hit-to-lead, and hit identification

- Structure- and fragment-based design

- Academic and small company tech transfer

- Scientific due diligence; key information for investors

- Analysis of small-molecule results and data packages

- Approaches against various biological targets

- Chemistry, biology, in vitro ADMET, DMPK, and tox studies

- Mulitdisciplinary program management

- Identification and assessment of worldwide resources

- Appropriate use of FTE or FFS arrangements

- Detail-oriented with efficient data capture

- Scope, time and resource management

- Cohesive organization and communication channels

- Focus on critical goals and effective paths

- Patentability searching, landscape analysis

- Application assembly, liaison with patent counsel

- Focus on novel composition-of-matter

- SciFinder, STN, etc. experienced user (>30 years)

- Key components of early stage company focus

- Facilities and equipment procurement

- Efficient operations management

- Identification of critical team members