Harry Finch

Harry works with Artios as an independent chemistry consultant, Harry has a proven track record in drug discovery and development within the pharmaceutical industry. He has worked across a broad range of therapeutic areas including oncology and has notable expertise in respiratory medicine, where he most notably co-invented GSK’s successful asthma drug salmeterol (Serevent™).

He is currently an independent consultant working with a number of small biotech companies and investors, primarily in the oncology field. Alongside his board role at Artios, he is also a non-executive director of Pulmocide Therapeutics and C4X Discovery Holdings.

Harry previously worked at several biotechnology companies in the UK including Ribotargets, Vernalis, Argenta and Pulmagen Therapeutics, following a distinguished career in pharma which included Roche and Ciba-Geigy AG (now Novartis AG), and GlaxoWellcome (now GlaxoSmithKline) where he latterly became Director of Chemistry.

Harry gained his PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Manchester.