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Peter Smith

Peter Smith PhD

Pharmacy and Medicine, Toxicology
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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Dr Smith has more than 30 years of pharma industry experience to Alnylam, most recently joining from Moderna, where he was Head of R&D Non-Clinical. He joined Moderna from Millennium Pharmaceuticals, where he most recently served as co-head of R&D and a member of the company's management team. In this role, he was responsible for the management of all Non-Clinical groups and Pharmaceutical Sciences. His extensive experience in drug discovery and development spans multiple therapeutic areas and therapeutic modalities.

Dr Smith has a B.S. in biology from Fairfield University and a PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Arizona. His postdoctoral fellowship in biochemical toxicology was undertaken at SmithKline. He has published and presented extensively in the pharm/tox area as well as in the area of drug development.

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