Dr Uwe M. Grether, Senior Principal Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd. Basel, Switzerland. Uwe received his Ph.D. in chemistry under the direction of Prof. Herbert Waldmann from the University of Karlsruhe in 2000. From 2000-2001 he carried out postdoctoral work in the laboratory of Prof. James D. White at the Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. In 2001, Uwe joined the Medicinal Chemistry section of F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd. Basel, Switzerland as a research chemist. Over the years he has contributed to a number of drug discovery programs for the treatment of metabolic, cardiovascular, kidney, neuroscience and more recently ophthalmic diseases. Uwe worked as team member and project leader covering both early and late stage research and reaching advanced stages up to phase 3 clinical trials. He is co-author of more than 120 patent applications and research publications.