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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Manager operating in the Pharmaceutical space. If you think a Manager is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Abdul Mateen
Regulatory Project Manager of AstraZeneca
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About AstraZeneca: AstraZeneca is a global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines.
Claudia Pyne
Regulatory Publishing Manager of Allergan
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About Allergan: Allergan is a global pharmaceutical company.
Claudia Pyne
Regulatory Publishing Manager of Allergan
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About Allergan: Allergan is a global pharmaceutical company.
Harriet Dickinson
Manager, Real World Data and Analytics of GSK
Experienced Data Scientist with a demonstrated history of working in the pharmaceuticals industry. Interested in epidemiology, data analytics, personalised medicine, machine learning, cluster analysis, social media analytics, EHR/eCRF analytics, SAS and R.
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About GSK: GSK Venture Fund is a Massachusetts-based venture capital fund focused on investments within the area of bioelectronics.
Dennis Engelke
Executive Director, Country Manager Switzerland & Austria of Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Dennis Engelke is the director of business analysis and insight at [Jazz Pharmaceuticals](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/jazz-pharmaceuticals), an international biopharmaceutical company. Engelke holds an MBA from Uppsala University and an MBA from the University of Hamburg.
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About Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a specialty pharmaceutical company that identifies, develops and commercializes innovative treatments.
Clare Gleeson
Operations Manager of Proveca
Clare is an accomplished Project & Programme Manager with a proven track record in delivering highly technical development projects in both Pharma and FMCG sectors. She has a BSC (Hons) science degree and 16 years experience in the Pharmaceutical industry. She understands and can manage the full product lifecycle process from formulation development, manufacturing process development, product registration, supply, through to commercial launch and she is skilled in developing successful partnerships with 3rd party providers. She has held senior positions at Boots Healthcare International and Healthcare Brands International and has managed large-scale portfolio developments (£50+m) and a strategic re-engineering programme. As Auralis’s project manager, Clare was instrumental in delivering the first ever PUMA, for the epilepsy product Buccolam.
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About Proveca: Proveca Ltd is a UK based pharmaceutical company.
Robert Holmes
UK Country Manager of Proveca
Robert Holmes is UK Country Manager at Proveca Ltd. He is an experienced Country Manager within pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Built highly successful teams in Marketing and Sales and developed the infrastructure to deliver exceptional results. Skills honed in big business have been brought into smaller start-up companies with great success.
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About Proveca: Proveca Ltd is a UK based pharmaceutical company.
Jagraj Sangha
Manager, Regulatory Operations of Gilead Sciences
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About Gilead Sciences: Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes therapies for critical diseases.
Jagraj Sangha
Manager, Regulatory Operations of Gilead Sciences
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About Gilead Sciences: Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes therapies for critical diseases.
William Pettit
Product Manager of Pando
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About Pando: Forward is now Pando! Pando is an essential tool for teamwork and secure collaboration in health and social care.
Andrew McElroy
Co-Founder & Strategic Project Manager of Exvastat
Andrew McElroy is the CEO, Director & Founder of EligoChem & he attended University of Cambridge in 1977.
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About EligoChem, Exvastat, The Research Network: Exvastat is an innovative, preclinical-stage pharmaceutical company.
James Cass
Manager of research and development of Phico Therapeutics
James Cass has been serving as manager of research and development at Phico Therapeutics since April 2016.
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About Phico Therapeutics: Phico Therapeutics is a developer of novel platform technology designed to overcome antibacterial resistance.
Graeme Tunbridge
Group Manager – Devices Regulatory Affairs of Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
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About Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: An executive agency of the Department of Health, exists to enhance and improve the health of millions of people every day.
Mick Foy
Group Manager, Vigilance Intelligence and Research Group of Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Mick has been with the MHRA’s Vigilance Intelligence and Research Group for 9 years. Amongst his responsibilities is the operation of the UK’s Yellow Card Scheme and the MHRA’s signal detection systems. He is also responsible for two large European projects to improve drug safety monitoring. The EC funded SCOPE (Strengthening Collaborations to Operate Pharmacovigilance in Europe) Joint Action aims to improve the pharmacovigilance capabilities of national regulators in Europe, and the Innovative Medicines Initiative funded WEB-RADR (Recognising Adverse Drug Reactions) project seeks to deliver mobile Apps for reporting ADRs and to utilise social media for drug safety purposes.
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About Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: An executive agency of the Department of Health, exists to enhance and improve the health of millions of people every day.
Jeremy Booth
Sales Manager UK & Ireland – IMA Active Division of IMA Group
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About IMA Group: IMA design and manufacture of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals.
Susan Yau
Manager of the Office of Blueberry Therapeutics
Office Manager at Blueberry Therapeutics Ltd
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About Blueberry Therapeutics: Blueberry Therapeutics focuses on developing medicines for inflammatory and infectious diseases.
Rodeina Challand
General Manager of Challand Biosimilar Consulting
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About Challand Biosimilar Consulting: Challand Biosimilar Consulting engaged in development and approval of biosimilar products.
Gary Howes
Senior Supply Chain Manager of Alfa Chemicals Ltd
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