Dr. Wienkers is currently the Principal Scientist of Wienkers Consulting, LLC. Prior to this, Larry was Vice President and Global Head of the department of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism at Amgen retiring in 2018. Before moving to Amgen, Dr. Wienkers held scientific and leadership positions in several companies (Upjohn, Pharmacia, and Pfizer) and worked across multiple drug modalities, resulting in clinical and preclinical candidates, with 30+ IND submissions and 10+ NDA submissions. He is an American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Fellow (2012), was the recipient of the University of Washington, School of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumni Award in Pharmaceutical Science and Research Award (2014), and served as Chair of American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Division of Drug Metabolism (2015). In addition to consulting, he serves as an Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Washington and to date has published over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters.