RATHNAM CHAGUTURU, PHD, is the Founder & CEO of iDDPartners, a nonprofit think-tank focused on pharmaceutical innovation. He has more than thirty years of experience in executing new lead discovery projects and forging discovery partnerships. He is the Founding President of the International Chemical Biology Society and Editor-in-Chief of Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening. He serves on several other editorial and scientific advisory boards along with NIH Study Sections, is the recipient of several awards, and is a much sought-after speaker at major national and international conferences, passionately advocating the virtues of collaborative partnerships in addressing the pharmaceutical innovation crisis.