Lifesciences Leadership Podcast

Meet Naheed Kurji, CEO of Cyclica.   Enhancing Drug Discovery by Harnessing Big Data and Predictive Analytics ​ Cyclica is a bioinformatics company focused on helping scientists navigate the drug discovery pipeline by assessing the safety and efficacy of drugs. Whether pre-clinical, clinical, or FDA approved, Cyclica can offer novel insight and analysis into drugs’ effects using their in-house, drug-centric and structure-based bioinformatics platform.   Before being named CEO, Naheed joined Cyclica as CFO - a job for which he gave a position at one of the big Canadian banks.   Hear what he has to say about leadership, innovation and why Elon Musk will probably try to solve the problem of human longevity. ​ Some of the resources he mentions: ​ White Tiger  by Aravind Adiga  The white tiger of this novel is Balram Halwai, a poor Indian villager whose great ambition leads him to the zenith of Indian business culture, the world of the Bangalore entrepreneur. ​ The Real-Life MBA by Jack and Suzy Welch Your No-BS G