School of Chemistry Graduate Involved in Development of Groundbreaking Drug

6 Aug 2025

Dr Sarah O'Keeffe has been featured in TIME Magazine for her work in the development of a groundbreaking drug with Eli Lilly.

Prof. Anita Maguire, Head of School congratulated Dr O'Keeffe in a post on LinkedIn: "Great to see Sarah O'Keeffe, Senior Vice President of Product Research and Development at Eli Lilly and Company Research Laboratories in Indianapolis and graduate (BSc 2002, PhD 2007) of the Analytical and Biological Chemistry Research Facility and School of Chemistry University College Cork feature in TIME for her leadership on development of the synthetic route to Orforglipron, potentially a ground-breaking GLP-1 oral drug. Well done to Sarah and her team for this exciting research."

The full TIME Magazine article can be read here.