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Exscientia Appoints John P. Overington As Chief Technology Officer and Marie Louise Fjällskog, M.D., Ph.D., As Interim Chief Medical Officer

PRIVATEJun 06, 2024•about 2 years ago

Position

Clinical Development Lead

Company

Exscientia

Marie-Louise Fjällskog, M.D., Ph.D.
Oxford

Description

Exscientia plc has appointed John P. Overington, Ph.D., as Chief Technology Officer to lead the company’s technology solutions and Marie-Louise Fjällskog, M.D., Ph.D., as the company’s interim Chief Medical Officer and Clinical Development Lead to strengthen the clinical development strategy.

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Company

Exscientia

Location

Oxford, Mississippi, United States

About

Exscientia is an AI-driven pharmatech company committed to discovering, designing and developing the best possible drugs in the fastest and most effective manner. Exscientia developed the first-ever functional precision oncology platform to successfully guide treatment selection and improve patient outcomes in a prospective interventional clinical study, as well as to progress AI-designed small molecules into the clinical setting. Our pipeline demonstrates our ability to rapidly translate scientific concepts into precision-designed therapeutic candidates, with more than 25 projects advancing, including the first three AI-designed drug candidates to enter Phase 1 clinical trials.

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