Dr John Hutchison

John is a UK registered physician with thirty years of R&D experience in the pharmaceutical industry, in both large and small companies. He has worked in all stages of drug development up to and beyond product approval, and in the past has led teams covering all aspects of research and development. His particular expertise is in translational medicine using biomarkers to inform development strategy going forwards, with an emphasis on proof of concept in man. John’s main therapeutic interests have been in CNS diseases (neurology and psychiatry) and pain, although he has led programmes in regenerative medicine, sensory disorders and cardiovascular disease at various times in the past. John was educated at the University of Liverpool, where he was awarded a first class honours degree and a PhD in Physiology, and at Leicester University Medical School where he graduated in 1985. John is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London), and a Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine.