Karen Hodgkin COO, Chief Operating Officer, Cell Medica Karen has over 30 years of experience in planning and running clinical trials. After joining Cell Medica in early 2008 to lead the Clinical Operations and Regulatory functions, Karen moved to become Cell Medica’s COO in September 2016. In the past, Karen has worked [...]
Professor Peter Goodfellow FMedSci FRS, Scientific Advisor, Abingworth Peter Goodfellow is a geneticist who tracked down the genetic essence of human ‘maleness’. In a high-profile scientific race to find the enigmatic ‘testis-determining factor’ (TDF; also known as sex-determining region Y (SRY) protein), Peter overturned others’ claims by correctly pinpointing the tiny SRY [...]
Dr Michael Stein, Chairman and CEO Oxstem Ltd. Dr Michael Stein is a successful healthcare entrepreneur with a background in medical science. In 2001, he co-founded the Map of Medicine Ltd (“the Map”) with University College London. The Map was nationally licensed across NHS England (2005-15) and is today primarily used [...]
Ian Campbell Director for Health and Life Sciences, Innovate UK Dr Ian Campbell is an experienced executive in the life sciences. Ian joined Innovate UK in October 2016 as Director for Health and Life Sciences. Prior to that, he most recently served as Chief Executive of Arquer Diagnostics, a company developing and commercialising immunoassay [...]
Karen Aiach Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Lysogene Founder and CEO of Lysogene, Ms. Aiach is also the mother of a child with MPS IIIA. She has a strong business background starting her career with Arthur Andersen specializing in audit and transaction services. Her entrepreneurial experience includes founding and running a financial business consultancy. [...]
Steve Bates CEO, BioIndustry Association (BIA) Since his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the BioIndustry Association in 2012, Steve Bates has led major BIA campaigns for, amongst other things, improved access to finance, the refilling of the Biomedical Catalyst, anti-microbial resistance and the opportunity the sector presents to generalist long term [...]
Adrien Lemoine VP Business Development & Operations, Orchard Therapeutics Adrien brings to Orchard Therapeutics more than 15 years of experience growing pharma and biotech businesses via in- and out-licensing, M&A and portfolio development. Prior to joining Orchard, Adrien was Executive Director, Corporate Strategy and Development at AstraZeneca where he was leading M&A [...]
Deborah Morrison Senior Scientific Adviser, NICE Deborah leads on several strategic initiatives within the scientific advice team. She holds an Honours Degree in Pharmacy and a Clinical Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy. Previously, Deborah was responsible for developing a series of combined clinical and commissioning roles within Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust and NHS Cambridgeshire [...]
Barbara Freischem Executive Director, European Biopharmaceutical Enterprises (EBE) Barbara Freischem is Executive Director of the European Biopharmaceutical Enterprises (EBE), since July 2015. EBE is a specialised group within the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), representing biopharmaceutical companies of all sizes. Barbara has worked at national, European and international level. Starting [...]
Magda Papadaki Head of Product and Process Innovation, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) Dr Magda Papadaki, is Head of Product and Process Innovation for ABPI. She is responsible for UK’s pharma strategy in innovative products and ATMPs, new Synthetic Biology R&D tools and novel platforms for their production and regulatory/clinical [...]