Dr. Helen Boyd
AstraZeneca R&D
Reagent and Assay Development
Discovery Sciences
Pepparedsleden 1
Mölndal SE-43183
Sweden
Phone: +46 31 7761749
helen.boyd(at)astrazeneca.com
www.astrazeneca.com

Helen Boyd currently holds the associate director position in the department of Reagents and Assay Development (RAD) in Discovery Sciences. She has significant experience in hit identification and lead generation specifically in assay development, enzymology and screening. As a senior line manager she is responsible for a mixed team of RAD scientists delivering into global projects and also in charge of establishing and leading external partnerships and collaborations with a number of academic groups. Before she joined AstraZeneca in 2012, she worked in SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals for eight years as enzymologist (1991-1999), then moved to Sandwich site of Pfizer Global Research and Development to work as senior scientist (1999-2005) and later led the global high through put screening group between 2005 and 2012.