A London company that provides AI software to the biopharmaceutical and healthcare industry has appointed Simon Coulthard as its听new CFO.听
Pangaea听Data has also appointed听Professor听Mark Musen,听Dr.听Rick Sax and听Ozgur听Tuncer to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB).听听
Coulthard听joins Pangaea from听Congenica,听a digital health company spun out of the听Wellcome听Sanger Institute, where he was instrumental in听a听recent $50m Series C funding round.听听
The company says he听will leverage a decade of international experience in software development and the recent global growth in听Congenica’s听digital health platform to accelerate听expansion into Pangaea’s key strategic markets within the US healthcare and pharmaceutical industry.听听
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Professor Musen is a professor of Biomedical Informatics and Director of the Stanford听Centre for Biomedical Informatics Research at Stanford University. He chaired the Health Informatics and听Modeling听Topic Advisory Group for the World Health Organisation鈥檚 revision of the International Classification of Diseases, and is also principal investigator听of the Center for Expanded Data Annotation and Retrieval (CEDAR).听
Dr Sax听was听previously a Senior Vice President at IQVIA and formerly a Clinical Vice-President听at AstraZeneca.听He has established himself as an expert on drug research and development,听advising UK and US venture capitalists on the risk perspective of pharmaceutical investments and asset development strategies.听
Tuncer听is听Global Vice President, Financial Institutions at IQVIA and Investment Partner at Ascension Life Sciences Fund.听He听advises senior decision makers in the biopharmaceutical industry across Europe, USA and Middle East, focusing on M&A, valuations听and portfolio management.听听
鈥淚 am delighted to join the team at Pangaea. The work they have been doing using AI to extract vital information from doctors鈥� notes, discharge summaries and other sources is revolutionising how the pharmaceutical industry finds cohorts for drug trials, taking听a process that usually takes several months down to a few weeks,鈥� said Coulthard.听听
鈥�The connections they have already established with key players in the pharmaceutical market clearly demonstrate their unique offering.听听
鈥�I look forward to working with the leadership team to further听scale the business and achieve increasing recurring revenues as their platform is used for multiple applications across an enterprise.鈥�听
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Dr Vibhor Gupta,听founder and CEO of Pangaea,听added:听鈥淭he additions of Mr Simon Coulthard, Professor Musen, Dr Rick Sax and Mr Ozgur Tuncer to our team will have a significant impact on the growth of our company. Their combined industry experiences of more than 60 years and global network are unparalleled.听听
鈥�At听a time when our novel AI is being embedded within the core life sciences infrastructure, their knowledge will be invaluable to help us scale and expand in new markets.鈥�听