Experience

• Senior Research Scientist in Preclinical Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Merck Research Labs, Montreal, Quebec
• Represented Merck Frosst on global scientific initiatives to identify industry best practices and to harmonize methodology for prediction of human pharmacokinetics from nonclinical data
• As an independent consultant, Leanne has worked with over 100 small biotech companies in the US and Canada, supporting drug discovery and development programs across therapeutic areas (oncology, CNS/pain, rare/orphan diseases, infectious diseases, inflammation, respiratory diseases)
• Leanne has served as a Nonclinical Pharm/Tox Reviewer for New Drug Submissions to the Therapeutic Products Directorate at Health Canada