MEDICINES DEVELOPMENT FOR GLOBAL HEALTH - Key Persons
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- Head of Development
- Vice President
- Head of Development Management
- Senior Director at MDGH
Amanda Handley is a senior director at MDGH. As Head of Development Management Amanda leads the project management function while keeping her skills sharp overseeing the late-stage development of an oral rotavirus vaccine. Prior to joining MDGH, Amanda was Senior Scientist at Bavarian Nordic GmbH. Amanda has over 20 years' experience in development teams and has gained experience in product development teams in research, preclinical, and clinical for smallpox, HIV, and other viral vector vaccines. Amanda holds a Master of Public Health. When not making medicines for those that need them most, she seeks adventures with her family, knits beanies for babies and is learning Danish.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Andrew Wilks is a serial entrepreneur with 25 years working in industry, following a highly successful academic career as a cancer researcher at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. He went on to found Cytopia (1997), one of Australia's earliest ASX-listed drug discovery companies. Since then, he has founded eleven companies in the drug discovery arena. He was co-founder of SYNthesis med chem, a global CRO with laboratories in China, and SYNthesis Research, a ‘venture-discovery' company that funds and manages drug discovery collaborations generated from academia. Andrew holds an Adjunct Professorship at Monash University, and is an Honorary Enterprise Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) and of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS). He has received a number of awards including the JNJ AusBiotech Industry Leadership Award, the ATSE Clunies Ross Medal, and the Lackmann Award for Translational Research.
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- Senior Manager, Medicines Access
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- North America, VP Commercial
Brett Carter joined Medicines Development for Global Health in February 2022. He brings a wealth of experience in business development, corporate governance and structuring and executing corporate development transactions across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, having worked in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors for over 20 years, including as CEO of the Australian Government-funded cancer therapeutics Cooperative Research Centre, and in corporate development at GSK in London.
Brett holds a BSc (Applied Chemistry) and MBA from the London Business School, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In his spare time, he loves to travel and keep fit.
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- Associate Director, Development Management, Onchocerciasis
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- Senior Manager, Supply Chain
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- Member of the Development Committee
- Director of Regional Research Centre for Respiratory Medicines and Tropical Diseases, Moderna
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- Global Head of Regulatory Affairs
- Senior Director at MDGH
Danielle is a senior director at MDGH. As the Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, she oversees regulatory affairs operations and contributes to directional strategy, including global drug access and new collaboration, development, and funding opportunity assessments. Prior to joining MDGH in 2008, Danielle was an Australian Research Council/Centre of Excellence research fellow and lecturer at Monash University, Australia, with a small group of staff and post-graduate students and a broad collaborative network studying host-pathogen immunology and the biochemistry of cell death in health and disease. Danielle is a graduate of Monash University and has a PhD in immunology from the University of Melbourne. Danielle has been fascinated by immunology since she first learned about the weaponry pathogens deploy on their human hosts. When not working for global health equity, she is most likely to be found in a Melbourne coffee shop or at a park with her husband and their wolfhound.
Job Titles:
- Company Secretary
- Member of the Board of Directors
Daren is a corporate, commercial and finance lawyer with over 30 years' experience in leading quality law firms, advising clients on significant, complex, transactional, regulatory and governance matters. His clients include and have included ASX-listed public companies, private concerns, leading universities and schools, other not-for-profit companies and peak bodies, including technology-rich, emerging, creative industry and pharmaceutical ventures. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an ANU College of Law Graduate of Distinction.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
David has been a partner with Ernst & Young (EY) since 2000, serving clients in the media, technology and telecommunications sectors. David was the EY Asia Pacific Technology, Media and Telecommunications leader responsible for coordinating with global leadership to launch new initiatives and services and growing the revenue from $65m to $100m in 4 years. David has experience in working with high growth companies, as they raise funding, build their processes to scale, evolve their risk management practices and has IPO experience with iCar Asia Ltd, Touchcorp Ltd and Afterpay Ltd. David has worked with EY in the UK, US, PNG and Australia. David has a BSc in Mathematics and Accountancy (University of Dundee) and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and also Australia/NZ.
Job Titles:
- Accounting Consultant
- Finance
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- Member of the Development Committee
- Chief Development Officer at Pardes Biosciences
Dr Brian Kearney is currently the Chief Development Officer at Pardes Biosciences. Prior to joining Pardes, he spent more than two decades working at Gilead Sciences, building the clinical pharmacology and overseeing the early and complete development of numerous new chemical entities for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, HBV and HCV. Dr Kearney earned his PharmD from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Development Committee
Dr George Morstyn (FTSE FRACP) has had a distinguished career in clinical research and therapeutics for almost four decades. He is currently a member of the Actinogen Board of Directors. Dr Morstyn was previously Vice President of Development and Chief Medical Officer at Amgen and Head of the clinical program at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in Melbourne. He has extensive experience as a board chair and director, having served on the boards of the CRC for Cancer Therapeutics and Limos Therapeutics Pty Ltd. Dr Morstyn is a graduate of Monash University, where he completed his Bachelor of Medical Science, Bachelor of Medicine, and Bachelor of Surgery. Dr Morstyn has a PhD in Experimental and Clinical Biology Haemotology from the University of Melbourne.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Development Committee
- Founder and Principal of GL Fisher Consulting LLC
Dr Gerald Fisher is Founder and Principal of GL Fisher Consulting LLC. He previously held the position of Senior Vice President for Drug Safety and Metabolism at Wyeth Research and Vice President, Drug Safety and Metabolism at Sandoz Research Institute, as well as senior roles at Battelle, a private non-profit applied science company, and in academia. Dr Fisher completed his BA at Northeastern University, an MA from UC Santa Barbara and a PhD in chemical ecology from UC Davis.
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- Member of the Development Committee
- Independent Medical Advisor
Dr Joseph Camardo previously served as Senior Vice President and Head of Global Health for Celgene Corporation. Before joining Celgene, Dr Camardo was Senior Vice President of Clinical Development and Medical Affairs at Forest Research Institute and spent more than two decades with Wyeth Research, which was acquired by Pfizer. He has served in a variety of roles at Wyeth, including Senior Vice President for Global Medical Affairs and Senior Vice President for Clinical Research and Development. Dr Camardo earned his BA at the University of Pennsylvania and his MD at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Development Committee
- Senior Vice President for Drug Development Science at Certara 's Integrated Drug Development
- Senior Vice President for Drug Development Science, Integrated Drug Development at Certara
Fran Brown is currently Senior Vice President for Drug Development Science at Certara's Integrated Drug Development division. Previously, she held a wide range of leadership positions within large and small biotech companies, including head of clinical pharmacology, clinical leader, project leader, head of clinical operations, and due diligence asset assessment. In addition to providing consulting services to the pharmaceutical industry and non-profit global health organisations, she has over ten years of experience in strategic development planning, portfolio management, and corporate transformation for the pharmaceutical industry. Dr Brown earned both her BPharm and PhD in Pharmacokinetics from the School of Pharmacy, University of London.
Job Titles:
- Principal, Corporate Development
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- People and Organisation Consultant
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- North America, VP Commercial
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- Chairman of the Board
- Vice President, Commercial Operations, Asia Pacific of Seqirus BioCSL Ltd
Lorna is currently Vice President, Commercial Operations, Asia Pacific of Seqirus bioCSL Ltd., (a CSL company). She has enjoyed a successful 25-year career in the pharmaceutical industry, encompassing clinical research, business development, marketing and sales across a wide variety of therapeutic areas, including respiratory, CNS, cardiopulmonary, oncology, metabolic, psychiatry, neurology, HIV, pain, and vaccines. Lorna previously worked for GSK Australia as Commercial Vice President, before establishing Ikaria Australia Pty Ltd., a biotherapeutics company that commercialised drugs and devices for intensive care medicine. She was a director and secretary of BioMelbourne Network (an industry-led membership association for organisations engaged in biotechnology, medical technology, and health innovation in the state of Victoria). Lorna graduated with a PhD in Neurobiology (University College London) and a BSc in Pharmacology (University of Glasgow), and went on to hold academic positions at the Cardiothoracic Institute at the Royal Brompton Hospital (London) and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School (London).
Job Titles:
- Project Leader, Leprosy Type 2 Reaction
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- Managing Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
- MDGH 's Founder and Managing Director
Mark Sullivan is MDGH's founder and managing director. He was previously a clinical programme head at GSK in London; Associate Director, Clinical at Gilead Sciences in California; and Chief Operating Officer of Australia's vaccine design and development consortium at the University of New South Wales. He has contributed to three successful global registrational programs for HIV and hepatitis B therapeutics, has worked on 40 small molecule and biologic development programs at all stages, and led the development of moxidectin through FDA approval. Mark was the 2019 Victorian Australian of the Year, and in 2022 was awarded Officer of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours List.
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- Principal Development Manager, Clinical
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- Development Manager, Lymphatic Filariasis
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- Assistant
- Senior Executive
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- Senior Clinical Project Manager
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- Member of the Development Committee
- Founder and Principal of Linus Consulting
- Principal at Linus Consulting, LLC
Ralph Smalling is Founder and Principal of Linus Consulting, LLC. Ralph provides both strategic guidance and hands-on experience to numerous clients, primarily biotechnology companies, in regulatory affairs and product development. Previously, he served as Vice President for Global R&D Policy and Analysis, as well as Vice President for Regulatory Affairs and International Clinical Safety at Amgen Inc. Ralph completed his undergraduate studies at Occidental College and his graduate studies (MS in Microbiology) at California State University.
Job Titles:
- Senior Development Manager
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- Vice President, Project Leader Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis
Sally's key responsibility is for development leadership of the moxidectin for onchocerciasis program and advising on clinical projects across development programs. Sally joined Medicines Development for Global Health in late 2013, with 18 years prior experience at GlaxoSmithKline Australia. Her experience includes staff training and team leadership for local and global Phase 2 through Phase 4 clinical trials in oncology, infectious diseases, respiratory medicine, registration and reimbursement strategy development, and scientific communications for oncology medical affairs. In her last role as scientific and medical communications manager, she was a key member of the team responsible for the reimbursement approval of a breast cancer-targeted therapy and for leadership of subsequent advocacy activities that successfully removed a barrier to its use in the reimbursement listing. As an independent consultant, she has undertaken project activities for industry, research, and government clients and was Chief Operating Officer with an ASX-listed biotechnology company for a six-month term. Sally holds a degree in pharmacy from Monash University and a Master of Public Health from the University of Melbourne. Sally lives in Melbourne with her husband and rescue greyhound, Lachie. When not in project planning meetings or authoring study protocols, she loves to spend time with her adult daughters, cooking up a storm for friends and family, and playing the cello.
Job Titles:
- Associate Director, Global Regulatory Affairs
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- Field Implementation Manager, Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis
Job Titles:
- Senior Clinical Project Manager