Yannick Fillon, PhD

Head of Oligonucleotide Process Chemistry at Biogen

Speaker

Yannick Fillon obtained his chemical engineering degree in France in 2001 (ESCPE, Lyon) and PhD in Organic Chemistry in Purdue University in 2006. He started his career at Sigma-Aldrich (now Millipore Sigma) in Houston Texas with the Custom Product division where he focused his efforts on the process development and improvement for the production of peptides and oligonucleotides.

In 2012 he moved to Boston to work for Cubist Pharmaceuticals, but subsequently joined the budding Antisense Oligonucleotide group at Biogen in 2014 as a Senior Scientist. He is currently the Head of Oligonucleotide Process Chemistry where his group focuses on the development of oligonucleotide drug candidates with solid and liquid phase synthesis.