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Heather Bailey-Graehl

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Director of Business Development at WuXi AppTec
📍 San Diego, California, United States

Heather Bailey-Graehl is a Business Development Senior Director at WuXi AppTec, specializing in enabling biotechs with drug discovery and development platforms. She focuses on toxicology, DMPK, and bioanalytical solutions, consistently exceeding sales targets.

Heather enjoys supporting science and developing life-saving medicines, finding it very rewarding. She also cares about improving operational efficiencies in toxicology studies through innovative scheduling tools.

An interesting fact about Heather is that she received an award for achieving over 200% to plan in Q4 of 2019.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Director of Business Development
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Diego, California, United States
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Drug Development
Heather's career at WuXi AppTec and previous roles have consistently focused on enabling biotechs through various stages of drug discovery and development.
Bioanalytical Services
Her expertise includes toxicology, drug metabolism/pharmacokinetics, and bioanalytical solutions, a core part of her current and past business development roles.
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Career

Work history

4-2026
Director of Business Development
WuXi AppTec
2-2024
Business Development Senior Director
WuXi AppTec
5-2019
Business Development Director
WuXi AppTec
1-2018 - 5-2019
Director of Business Development
KCAS Bioanalytical & Biomarker Services
4-2016 - 1-2018
Business Development Director, Bioanalysis and CMC
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Education
2005 - 2009
Bachelor of Science (BS)
UCLA
2009 - 2012
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
California State University Channel Islands
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