Geoffrey Kitson

Biography

Geoff has gained a broad-based international perspective on drug development, from phase I to phase IV, experience of pre-clinical work, and regulatory requirements, since joining the pharmaceutical industry in 1988. He has been involved in the preparation of INDs, CTXs/CTAs, MAAs and other regulatory documents. He has experience in the development of individual clinical studies, clinical trial programmes, running multinational clinical trials and developing clinical strategies. In the last few years he has taken 5 products through to first in man studies, and progressed products through to Phase II/III. Geoff obtained his medical degree from the University of Nottingham and initially trained and worked in anaesthesiology and intensive care before joining the pharmaceutical industry with Syntex Pharmaceuticals Limited. In various roles at Syntex he worked in a number of therapeutic areas, primarily pain, but also including female health care and cardiology. He was instrumental in the approval of ketorolac in the UK and maintaining the approval throughout Europe. Prior to the take over of Syntex by Roche Geoff worked in the USA, overseeing all ketorolac clinical trials worldwide, including planning the 16,000 patients "SAMM" study undertaken in Europe at the request of he CPMP. Geoff then joined Yamanouchi Pharma as the UK Medical Director. Wishing to move to earlier clinical development he moved to Head of Clinical Development at Chiroscience and then to Director of Exploratory Development World-wide at Medeva. Before joining ProPharma, Geoff served as a consultant to start up companies offering services in clinical trial development and possible clinical strategies and identifying therapeutics areas for products.

Research Interest

Healthcare