Neil Thompson

Neil is Senior Vice President of Biology at Astex Pharmaceuticals based in Cambridge, UK. and is responsible for a research portfolio of early oncology and CNS drug discovery projects. He joined Astex in January 2002 from GlaxoSmithKline where he was Director of the Immunology Platform responsible for specialist cellular and molecular immunology employed in the drug development process. Previously, as Head of the Cellular Immunology Unit, he provided support for both small molecule and therapeutic vaccine programs and has led several drug discovery projects in a variety of therapeutic areas.. He received his doctorate in Biochemistry from King's College, London, in 1985.