Nicki Thompson – BioLeader Interview
Chief Executive Officer, Amphista Therapeutics (March 2023) Nicki has over 25 years’ experience in pharmaceutical and biotechnology R&D in a variety of senior scientific and leadership roles. She was previously VP and Global Head of External Drug Discovery at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd and prior to that, Senior Director, Business Development for GSK’s Centre of Excellence for External Drug Discovery (CEEDD). Nicki’s Biotech experience includes her role as Chair of the Board for Nanna Therapeutics Ltd, founding CEO of VirionHealth and Head of Drug Discovery at Syntaxin Ltd. She holds a PhD in Cell Biology from University College London. [...]
David Reynolds – BioLeader Interview
David Reynolds BioLeader Interview - David Reynolds, Chief Executive Officer, LoQus23 Therapeutics, Non-Executive Director, AstronauTx (March 2023) David is a highly experienced pharmaceutical research and development leader having worked for nearly 20 years at Merck Sharp & Dohme, Lundbeck and latterly Pfizer, where he was the Cambridge Neuroscience & Pain Research Site Head. He has held a variety of R&D leadership roles with responsibilities ranging from exploratory biology, through drug discovery, early clinical development and in-licensing in multiple disease areas, with a focus on neuroscience and pain. Before joining the Dementia Discovery Fund he spent three years as the [...]
Executive Search Appointments (Winter 2022/23)
It has been a busy winter period at PIR International, with a number of appointments completed alongside new searches kicking off. We are pleased to share a selection of this recent activity with our valued clients across the UK, Europe and the US.
Matt Regan – BioLeader Interview
Matt Regan BioLeader Interview - Matt Regan, Chief Executive Officer, Micreos Pharmaceuticals (February 2023) Senior, international, Healthcare leader with 30-years of research-based Biopharmaceutical & Medical device experience with Global leaders such as Abbott, AbbVie and Novo Nordisk. Currently CEO with the Clinical stage Biotech Company Micreos Pharma. Broad, diverse experience having held leadership roles in Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain management, HR management, Research & Development as well as very significant commercial leadership roles at the Country and Regional level. Authentic, values-driven leader with the ability to inspire large organizations to transform, to build new capabilities, and to raise the [...]
David Van Sickle – BioLeader Interview
David Van Sickle BioLeader Interview - David Van Sickle, Healthtech Entrepreneur, Executive and Board Director (December 2022) I have more than 15 years experience developing and commercializing digital health technologies. From 2010, I was the co-founder and CEO of Propeller Health, a digital health + therapeutics company dedicated to improving the management of asthma and COPD. At Propeller, we pioneered the application of digital technology to chronic disease management and pharmaceutical therapy. During the company's history, we partnered with health plans, provider systems, PBMs, retail pharmacies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers to bring clinically-proven digital solutions to clinicians and people with [...]
Executive Recruitment – A Blended Approach Works Best
If you’re weighing up whether to keep this resource in-house or outsource it, I feel that you are missing a key point. In a previous article I wrote about improving hiring processes. As part of that debate, and set against the pressure to cut costs many managers are facing, some companies will be questioning what value they receive from their use of executive search firms, maybe exploring the potential for significant cost savings by taking all search assignments in-house. This is not a new idea. Ever since I’ve worked in human resources I’ve heard a variety of positive and [...]
Hakim Yadi – BioLeader Interview
Hakim Yadi BioLeader Interview - Hakim Yadi, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Closed Loop Medicine (September 2022) Hakim is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Closed Loop Medicine (CLM). CLM is a healthcare technology company developing drug + digital combination products, transforming drug effectiveness through optimisation by providing every drug its real time digital companion. Hakim joined Closed Loop Medicine from the Northern Health Science Alliance Ltd, the pan-Northern health partnership which brought together for the first time 20 research-based NHS hospitals, the North’s Academic Health Science Networks and Universities to collaborate on improving health outcomes across the [...]
Jorge Quiroz – BioLeader Interview
Jorge Quiroz BioLeader Interview - Jorge Quiroz, Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, NMD Pharma, Boston USA (September 2022) Dr. Quiroz brings twenty years of drug development experience in academic, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. He has been responsible for the scientific, clinical, and regulatory strategies across all phases of drug development, globally, including IND filings for rare disorders, and proof of concept and registrational studies for NDA and sNDA. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Perception Neurosciences and prior to NMD Pharma, Dr. Quiroz served as Chief Medical Officer of venture backed and [...]
Mandeep Dhillon – BioLeader Interview
Mandeep Dhillon BioLeader Interview - Mandeep Dhillon, KQ Labs Lead - Translation at The Francis Crick Institute (August 2022) Mandeep joined the Crick in 2022 to lead KQ Labs, an accelerator that is focused on supporting early-stage data-driven health start-ups. Prior to KQ Labs, Mandeep was a Partner and Head of Digital Health at BioScience Managers, a global life science venture capital firm. Before stepping into venture capital, Mandeep spent nearly a decade in Management Consulting. In his last role as Principal at Arthur D. Little, he led the Strategy Phase 0 team within the Digital Problem Solving Practice. [...]
Executive Search Appointments (Summer 2022)
It has been a highly productive summer period for PIR International, with growth across all facets of Life Sciences. We are pleased to share a selection of our recent appointments with our valued clients across the UK, Europe and the US.