Lee Smith

Managing Partner & Director

Lee founded GRA and has a passion for biotech & data driven results. GRA’s aim is to help companies, or more specifically, their people drive programs forward, achieve objectives and grow the business.

Skills include:

  • Product Development: Has worked in senior roles on a variety of IMPs for infectious disease, oncology and cardiovascular disease, including over 20 developmental vaccines. Has worked closely with clinicians in performing trials and manage multiple international CROs & CMOs.
  • Technical Expertise: A ‘hands-on’ individual with experience in biopharmaceutical sector including R&D, product development & characterisation, manufacturing & clinical development on both early and late-stage products.
  • Compliance: Experience of working in GxP, HACCP and ISO environments for both development and manufacturing to European, American and ASEAN standards.
  • Regulatory: Familiarity with FDA, EMA & MHRA regulations for medicines including dossier submissions, BLAs and regulatory interactions.
  • Training: Has performed training internationally on CMC related activities including process, formulation, analytical development and QbD for a variety of organisations.
  • Corporate & Financial: Responsibility for budgeting, P&L and balance sheet. Management of board meetings. Have previously been responsible for over 80 staff. Good VC network.
  • Business Strategy: Review of revenue generation strategies to improving both the top and bottom lines through business development and operational adjustments. In licencing activities & supporting patent filings.
  • Project Management: Demonstrated ability to manage projects and programmes to ensure forward momentum and value addition. Managed collaborations and relationships with industry, academia, regulatory bodies and NGOs
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