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Karen Benwell

Karen Benwell

Director of Biochemistry

Karen Benwell has been with Vernalis since 1997 and currently holds the role of Director of Biochemistry. Karen began her career in the Microbiology Department at the General Hospital Birmingham and since then has held roles at Wyeth Research (CNS Division), the MRC and Cerebrus. Currently her department comprises three teams; Protein Science, Assay Technology and DMPK. These teams support all projects, both collaborative and in-house, from pre-project stage through to clinical development.