Shaping the future of medicine

Dr Fiona Thomson is an executive director and head of UK Neuroscience Discovery Research at MSD.

She is a pharmacologist who has led a range of projects that have successfully delivered novel drug candidates into the clinical pipeline.

MSD is investing in a world leading Discovery Centre which will be located in London ’s knowledge quarter.

The UK ’s academic research, biotech companies, and pharmaceutical industry have played a pivotal role in advancing innovations.

Many medicines and vaccines trace their origins back to scientific breakthroughs in the UK .

This is our legacy, and we need to work hard to ensure that it’s also our future.