
Heptares appoints Tim Tasker as chief medical officer
pharmafile | January 16, 2014 | Appointment | Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing | Heptares, tim tasker
Drug development firm Heptares Therapeutics has appointed Dr Tim Tasker as its chief medical officer (CMO) and VP of Development.
Tasker will lead the company’s clinical development activities and takes over from Dr David McGibney, who returns to his role as a senior clinical advisor at the firm.
Tasker is a doctor and clinical pharmacologist with more than 30 years of industry experience from both large pharma and small biotech companies.
He spent over 20 years at GlaxoSmithKline and led all of its Phase I clinical research units (in the US, UK, Europe and Australia). After GSK, he joined Evotec as executive VP of clinical development.
Heptares chief executive Malcolm Weir said: “It reflects well on Heptares that we have been able to attract a CMO of Tim’s calibre and reputation. His experience in developing new compounds from pre-clinical into clinical development is a valuable addition to Heptares as we dedicate increasing efforts to advancing our rich pipeline of GPCR-targeted medicines.”
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