
Public appointments have included Director General of the ABPI, membership of the UK Government’s Medicine’s Commission, advisor to the Cabinet Office on the Human Genome project, Chair of the UK Government Advisory Group on genetic research, and Commissioner at the World Health Organisation. He was formerly R&D Director of the Wellcome Foundation and a Director of Allergan Inc. Jones is a visiting professor at Kings College London, with over 45 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry more than 20 years’ experience in international corporate finance and was previously partner and managing director in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs.ĭirector of Intellectual Property and Strategy Development As we reduce treatment risk, improve convenience and increase effectiveness in our products, the value we create for those suffering, and their families, is priceless.Ĭhairman of Pension Insurance Corporation since 2016.
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Our technologies dramatically increase the speed and precision with which we develop new treatments and products.īy accessing regional centres of excellence such as our clinical trial sites in Russia, we are accelerating our programme of haematology treatments towards approval. Headquartered in the UK, one of the top three life sciences hubs worldwide, we operate globally.

Our Flexiseq products for joint pain and stiffness are currently available across Europe in major pharmacies and supermarkets and online, where they have the potential to reach people suffering from osteoarthritis everywhere. We differ from typical biopharma businesses in that we develop and sell, safe, high–quality and robustly tested alternatives to current drug products and therapies to retail customers and healthcare providers. Vincent’s never disclosed the existence of texts among them in court.Using patented technologies to treat people in unconventional ways He also found he communicated with the chief medical officer about those concerns, but St. Vincent’s argued VanOsdol shouldn’t be deposed for the cases under Florida’s Apex Doctrine, which protects high-level executives from “harassing, and abusive” depositions for “no legitimate reason” because he didn’t have relevant knowledge of the issues at hand.īut a judge denied their motion, finding VanOsdol received at least one complaint from a doctor about a number of concerning and potentially very poor outcome for patients of Dr. but he is “not involved in the details of the day-to-day operations.” he goes on to say that because of his position, he doesn’t have any unique, personal knowledge of the issues concerning the litigation involving Dr. In an affidavit filed last September, VanOsdol writes he is “involved in top-level decision making within the Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast Ministries”. Plaintiffs allege he had a progressive neurological condition that caused problems with his balance, thinking, and speech. Vincent’s Riverside Hospital from 2016 to 2020.

Heekin is accused of botching hundreds of surgeries at Ascension St. Vincent’s and former orthopedic surgeon Dr. The affidavit was filed in support of a motion seeking to prevent plaintiffs from taking VanOsdol’s deposition as part of the hundreds of medical malpractice cases against St. When Tom VanOsdol signed an affidavit under oath last year, he was the Senior Vice President Ascension and Ministry Market Executive of Ascension Florida and the Gulf Coast, overseeing medical systems in Pensacola, Mobile, and Jacksonville. But a judge ruled that not only would he have to testify, but that his sworn statements don’t appear to be accurate. Vincent’s tried to protect the executive - who said in court documents his position is comparable to that of CEO - from being deposed for those malpractice cases.
