David Roblin

Biography

Dr David Roblin joined as our Chief Operating Officer and President of Research and Development in early 2017 and expanded his role to become Chief Medical Officer in May 2017. Dr Roblin has been acting as a research and development adviser to us since 2014. Dr Roblin has served as the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Scientific Translation at the Francis Crick Institute in London from 2014 to 2017. Prior to that, Dr Roblin was Head of Research, Site Director and Chief Medical Officer for Europe R&D at Pfizer Inc. from 2008 to 2011 and was Head of Therapy Area for Anti-infectives at Bayer AG from 1997 to 1999. After Dr Roblin left Pfizer Inc., he was Chief Medical Officer to a number of biotechnology companies including Creabilis SA where he held that role from 2011 until 2014. Dr Roblin has a degree in biochemistry from University College London and later qualified in medicine from St George’s Hospital. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine. He is an honorary Professor of Medicine at Swansea University and Professor of Translational Medicine at St George’s. He is also a member of the board of directors of MedCity and Destiny Pharma Ltd. Before entering the life sciences industry, Dr Roblin practised medicine for five years.

Research Interest

research & development translational medicine