Maria Beatrice Panico

Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Scendea

I am a Principal Medical Consultant at Scendea, responsible for providing highly strategic clinical and regulatory advice. I was formerly a Leading Senior Medical Assessor at the MHRA and represented the UK in the European working groups on new trial designs, safety and In Vitro Diagnostics. I am one of the authors of the CTFG Recommendation Paper on the Initiation and Conduct of Complex Clinical Trials. I was involved in the UK response to both the Ebola and the COVID19 medical emergencies.
Before joining the MHRA I worked as a clinical neurologist, clinical investigator, researcher in neuroscience and pharmacovigilance expert in the pharmaceutical industry.
I was a member of the WHO working group on regulatory aspects of artificial intelligence.
I am a medical doctor, fully qualified neurologist and have a PhD In neuroscience.

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Paul Sharp

Lead Scientist, Medicines Discovery Catapult

Paul is a Senior Preclinical Imaging Scientist with over 15 years of experience in driving innovation in translational research within academia and industry.

Paul has a PhD in neuroscience and expertise across multiple therapeutics areas from oncology to CNS disorders, with a strong focus on applying anatomical and functional imaging modalities for disease phenotyping, PK/PD readouts and evaluating whole-body biodistribution of complex medicines.