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Drugs discovery innovator sets sights on “huge opportunity” with seven new board members

The Medicines Discovery Catapult, a new life sciences hub based in Cheshire, has welcomed a raft of international names to drive its aim of making the UK a global leader in the development and launch of new medicines.

Located at the Alderley Park development in the heart of the Northern Powerhouse, the MDC, which works with businesses, academies and regulatory bodies to uncover and verify new ways of discovering medicines, this week appointed seven new faces to its board as non-executive directors.

Entrepreneur and pharmacologist Dr Clive Dix, who has over three decades of experience in research-based and commercial roles, has joined the MDC alongside journalist and political analyst Peter Kellner, who formerly worked as the president of market research firm YouGov. Read More