Prof. Ashley George

Prof. Ashley George PhD, FRSC is an old and cynical chemist who has spent much of his career in the global biopharmaceutical industry, from leading Scientific programmes, through VC-backed biotech start-ups, through to founding 3 US incorporated global Not-For-Profits, both 501C3, & C6s, including The Pistoia Alliance & TechForGood. For 10 years up to 2018, Ashley led GlaxoSmithKline Global Innovation and Consumerisation Centre of Excellence, including digital medical device product launches, global Due-diligences, M&A, global business transformations across Research & Development, Manufacturing Supply chain, Sales and Marketing, for both Pharmaceuticals, FMCG, Consumer health care, Vaccines and internal employees. In 2018, Ashley was lucky enough to be placed on 'gardening leave'. As such, he had the opportunity to reflect on 23 years or so of Pharma & Lifesciences global 'transformations' and take a long, harsh, stark, cynical- chemist's retrospective, of all thos