The graduating class of 2011 would like to invite you to the 4th Annual Honours Biology and Pharmacology Programme Lectureship.
This lectureship will be held on
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 6 p.m. at MDCL 3020.
Topic: Making Medicine: Why is it so difficult?
We are pleased to welcome guest speaker:
Dr. Patrick Vallance, Vice President Medicines Discovery & Development, GlaxoSmithKline.
Dr. Vallance joined GSK in May 2006 as Head of Drug Discovery, and on July 1 2010 was appointed Senior Vice President, Medicines Discovery and Development and as a member of GSK’s Corporate Executive Team. Dr. Vallance has focused GSK’s discovery engine on therapy areas underpinned by the most promising and mature sciences, offering fresh insights into diseases. Part of his expanded role will be ensuring GSK maintains a flow of potential new medicines through the R&D pipeline from early discovery to late stage development.
Prior to joining GSK, Dr. Vallance was a clinical academic and led the Division of Medicine at University College of London as a vascular biologist and clinician scientist with over 20 years’ experience of clinical medicine – general internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine and clinical pharmacology.
More Details on the
McMaster Biology and Pharmacology Website.
