GW Pharmaceuticals appoints Kenneth Sommerville as VP, Clinical Science

7 May 2014
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UK-based GW Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: GWPH, AIM: GWP), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing novel therapeutics from its proprietary cannabinoid product platform, has announced the appointment of Kenneth Sommerville to the newly created position of VP, Clinical Science, based in the USA.

Dr Sommerville will play a key role in the clinical development, medical affairs, and regulatory activities related to the Company’s epilepsy programs including the ongoing development of Epidiolex, GW’s product candidate for Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut syndromes. He will also support the late stages of the completion of the investigational plan for Sativex in cancer pain.

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