Expert Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) [1]
MMV’s Expert Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) helps to identify the best projects worthy of inclusion in the portfolio and continues to monitor progress through an annual review of all projects. This committee consists of experts from both industry and academia and covers the full range of expertise required to assess projects that are engaging in the extremely complex process of drug research and development.
ESAC Members
Dr Jane Achan, Senior Research Advisor, Malaria Consortium, United Kingdom/Uganda
Dr Nick Cammack, R&D Consultant and former VP, Medicines Development Campus for Diseases of the Developing World at GSK Tres Cantos, UK
Sir Simon Campbell, Former SVP for WW Discovery, Pfizer, organic chemist, UK
Dr Robert Clay, Consultant/Managing Director, Highbury Regulatory Science Limited; and Board Member (President 2017) at TOPRA, UK
Dr Anne Cooper, Programme Director, Sosei Heptares, UK
Prof Brian Cox, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Sussex, School of Life Sciences, UK
Ms Delese Mimi Darko, Chief Executive Officer, Safety Monitoring & Clinical Trials Division, Food and Drugs Authority, Ghana
Dr Monica Hemben Eimunjeze, Director, Registration & Regulatory Affairs Directorate, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Nigeria
Dr Rick Fairhurst, Pharmacovigilance Medical Director, Chief Medical Office, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, USA
Dr Laurent Hennequin, Former Research Director, Galderma R&D, France
Dr Robert T. Jacobs, Drug Discovery Consultant and former Vice-President of Chemistry, Anacor Pharmaceuticals, USA
Dr Marcus Lacerda, Public Health Specialist, Fiocruz, Brazil
Dr Lynn Marks, Former Senior Vice President GlaxoSmithKline R&D; and Co-Chairman MMV ESAC (Development) USA
Dr George Mooney, Drug Discovery Consultant and former Vice-President of Pfizer Global Research & Development, USA
Dr Jetsumon Prachmusri, Head of Mahidol Vivax Research Unit (MVRU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand
Dr Robert Riley, Executive Vice President, Drug Discovery, Evotec, UK
Prof Phil Rosenthal, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Dr Esperança Sevene, Senior Research Fellow, Manhiça Health Research Centre, Mozambique
Dr Peter Siegl, Siegl Pharma Consulting, USA
Dr Shailja Singh, Associate Professor, Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Prof Dennis Smith, Former Vice President, PGRD, Pfizer, Kent, UK
Prof Dominique Soldati Favre, Professor and Head of Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Prof Srivicha Krudsood, Head, Clinical Malaria Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand.
Dr Jane Stewart, Reproductive Toxicology Associate, ApconiX, UK
Dr John R.J. Surtees, Managing Partner, Berzelius Integrated Solutions, Belgium
Dr Melissa Tassinari, Former Senior Clinical Advisor, Food and Drug Administration, USA
Dr Elizabeth Vadas, Consultant InSciTech Inc., and former Executive Director Merck Frosst, Merck & Co., Canada
Prof Stephen Ward, Deputy Director, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
Prof Dyann Wirth, Director, Harvard Malaria Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
Dr Michael Witty, Co-Chairman MMV ESAC (Discovery), Drug Discovery Consultant and former Vice-President Pfizer R&D, UK
Dr Taiyin Yang, Executive Vice President, Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing, Gilead Sciences, USA
Dr Takeshi Yura, Regional Lead, Healthcare and Life Sciences at British Embassy Tokyo, Japan