Keith McCullagh

Keith McCullagh, PhD, BVSc, MRCVS, is an experienced bioscience entrepreneur, having founded and built three previous companies in the life science industry. 
Most recently, from October 2003 to June 2008, he was CEO of Santaris Pharma, a Danish biopharmaceutical company. From 2000 to 2003 he was executive chairman of OnMedica Group plc, a European pharmaceutical e-detailing business and since 2000 has been non-executive chairman of Pharmacy 2U Ltd, the UK's leading mail order warehouse pharmacy. From 1986 to 1998 he was chief executive of British Biotech plc, a company he built into one of Europe´s leading biopharmaceutical businesses. Prior to founding British Biotech, Keith was UK Research Director for G.D. Searle & Co, Inc, an international pharmaceutical business now part of Pfizer. 

Keith also helped foster the development of the bioscience industry in Europe through the establishment of the UK BioIndustry Association, where he was inaugural chairman, and the formation of EuropaBio, where he served as a member of the first Board. Keith qualified in veterinary medicine from the University of Bristol and has a PhD in pathology from the University of Cambridge