Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year 2007

A truly enterprising scientist and CEO, Harren successfully built a drug discovery and development company raising £63 million in just over 8 years.  

Astex Therapeutics was founded at the very outset of a radical new approach to drug discovery using "fragment" technologies to develop novel small molecule and cancer therapeutics. Now a well established company, with a 106 strong workforce, Astex Therapeutics is accepted as a partner by pharmaceutical majors, attracting international acclaim whilst maintaining strong academic links.