William T. Symonds
Biochemistry
Arbutus Biopharma
Canada
Biography
Dr. Symonds has served as a director of Arbutus and previously OnCore since August 2014 and as its Chief Development Officer since 2015. Dr. Symonds is also currently Chief Development Officer at Roivant Sciences, Inc.. Prior to that, Dr. Symonds served as Vice-President, Liver Disease Therapeutic Area at Gilead Sciences, Inc. from February 2012 until April 2014, and was the Senior Vice-President, Clinical Pharmacology and Translational Medicine at Pharmasset, Inc. from 2007 to January 2012. From 1993 to 2007, Dr. Symonds held various positions of increasing responsibility at GlaxoSmithKline, most recently as Director, Antiviral Clinical Pharmacology and Discovery Medicine. Dr. Symonds received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Campbell University and completed a fellowship in clinical pharmacokinetics at the Clinical Pharmacokinetics Laboratory in Buffalo, New York.
Research Interest
Biochemistry
