Brian Bouchard

Pioneering Medicines, Flagship Pioneering’s in house drug discovery and development unit, is dedicated to conceiving and developing a broad portfolio of life-changing treatments for patients built from Flagship’s innovative platforms. Harnessing the drug development expertise of its team together with the power of Flagship’s multiple scientific platforms, Pioneering Medicines explores and identifies new product concepts and then works jointly with Flagship’s companies to form integrated teams that advance medicines through robust discovery and early clinical development. Pioneering Medicines also partners with external collaborators across biopharma throughout the R&D process, applying its unique approach to the R&D priorities of partners through highly co-creative relationships. The team leads Flagship’s Innovation Supply Chain Partnerships with Novo Nordisk and Pfizer to speed innovation in drug development and bring novel therapies to patients, as well as a partnership with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to develop therapeutics that address the unmet needs of people living with cystic fibrosis.