Chief Safety Officer
Dr Alison Cave
Biography
Alison is a pharmacologist with a PhD in biochemistry. Her long career includes significant academic and regulatory experience, the latter initially at the Medicines Control Agency and then in senior roles within the Vigilance and Risk Management of Medicine Group at the MHRA and the European Medicines Agency (EMA). In addition she was Head of Cellular, Developmental and Physiological Sciences at the Wellcome Trust and most recently an Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Director at UK Research and Innovation.
Chief Safety Officer
The Chief Safety Officer leads the work of the agency to ensure the safety of medicines and devices that reach the UK public and health service