Kassoum Nacro was Head, Discovery Chemistry at Experimental Drug Development Center and a drug discovery leader with 20 years of industrial experience in small molecule research. As a project leader and inventor, his efforts were instrumental in the identification of two clinical candidates so far. Kassoum has contributed to the exploration of novel chemical space and notably, novel mode of inhibition, for instance protein-protein Interaction and allosteric Inhibition. Prior to joining industry. Kassoum has studied chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Paul Sabatier where he completed his PhD, and then carried out his post-doctoral training at the NIH.