Pneumagen Appoints Scientific Advisory Board

Pneumagen announced appointments to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), adding expertise in the areas of respiratory disease, immunology and oncology. These appointments join Garry Taylor, Chairman of the SAB, and include;

Professor Paul Crocker FRSE is Professor of Glycoimmunology at the University of Dundee. His research investigates how immune cells utilize host glycans to regulate immune and inflammatory responses in human disease. He is a co-founder of, and scientific advisor to Palleon Pharmaceuticals, which focuses on immuno-oncology.

Professor David Harrison FRCPath FRCPEd FRCSEd is the John Reid Chair of Pathology at the University of St Andrews and former Director of Laboratory Medicine for NHS Lothian. He holds visiting professorships at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. His research focuses on using cutting edge technology to understand processes in health and disease.

Sir John Skehel, FRS FMedSci, an influenza researcher. He headed the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza and was Director of the National Institute of Medical Research in London for almost 20 years. He is currently Vice President and Biological Secretary of The Royal Society and an Emeritus professor at The Francis Crick Institute, London.

Professor Moira Whyte OBE FRCP FMedSci FRSE is the Sir John Crofton Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. She is Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Science at the University of Edinburgh, and former Director of the Medical Research Council Centre for Inflammation Research.

"We are very pleased to have attracted these high caliber appointments to our SAB. We are sure that the team will add valuable strategic insight as our pipeline progresses towards the clinic," Douglas Thomson, Chief Executive Officer at Pneumagen, said.

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