Artificial intelligence firm hires ex-GSK exec to lead drug discovery

22 August 2017
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UK-based artificial intelligence firm BenevolentAI has hired Ian Churcher as vice president of drug discovery and preclinical development for its bioscience subsidiary, BenevolentBio.

Mr Churcher joins the company from GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK), where he headed a discovery performance unit focussed on progressing new approaches to drug discovery including the development of protein degradation technology.

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